Bessarabia claims: Novak Djokovic arrested by Australian police

The drama in Melbourne continues: Following the court's decision to allow him to participate in the tournament, Djokovic's father claims his son has been arrested, given the immigration minister's possibility of revoking his visa.

And also: Novak Djokovic's transcripts of the trial again complicated him

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10/01/2022

Monday, 10 January 2022, 10:13 Updated: 10:37

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Novak Djokovic's fans support him outside the Park Hotel in Melbourne, Australia (from Twitter)

Dramatic development in the affair: Novak Djokovic won this morning (Monday) his appeal against the Australian government's decision to revoke his entry visa, and he will be able to take part in the Australian Championship, but the storm around him refuses to subside. In Serbia this morning (Monday) it is claimed that Djokovic was arrested by Australian police, in a move that hints that the Australian government is postponing the court decision from today.

As you may recall, last week Djokovic was not allowed to enter the country as he was not vaccinated against Corona. The Serbian tennis player was sent to solitary confinement, and appealed the decision. Today the referee accepted the arguments of his lawyers and ruled that he is allowed to participate in the tournament, but the Australian Immigration Minister has the option to appeal the decision and cancel the visa. A number of police vehicles reportedly arrived at Djokovic's law firm in Melbourne. A Serbian journalist claims that Djokovic's father told him that his son had been arrested by the police.

If the Minister of Immigration decides to cancel Djokovic's visa,He will be deported from the country and will not be able to return to it for three years.

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Novak Djokovic won the appeal and will be able to take part in the Australian Championships.

The government will be able to overturn the decision

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This morning an Australian court upheld the Serb's allegations, after his entry was banned from the country on the grounds that he did not provide the necessary documents on his arrival because he had not been vaccinated against Corona.

Judge Anthony Kelly said he was "upset" by the authorities' conduct, and that the state had made an "unexplained" decision.

As argued that Djokovic was not given enough time to respond to the decision before being taken to solitary confinement at the hotel.

The Australian Immigration Minister still has the authority to revoke the decision, and order the revocation of Djokovic's visa, despite the court ruling.

The court released a number of documents related to the case, including a transcript of Djokovic's conversation with the clerk who received him at the airport.

The documents also show that Djokovic was indeed not vaccinated, and the problematic conduct of the immigration department is also revealed, as well as the fact that Djokovic acted irresponsibly when he was positive about Corona.

How will the audience react to it?

Novak (Photo: Reuters)

Transcript of the conversation upon landing:

Interviewer: "Why did you come to Australia?"

Djokovic: "I am a professional tennis player and I came to play in the Australian Open in Melbourne"

Interviewer: "Thank you. Regarding the vaccine, are you vaccinated?"

Djokovic: "I am not vaccinated"

Interviewer: "Corona? Not vaccinated?"

Djokovic: "I am not vaccinated"

Interviewer: "Thank you. Have you been infected with corona in the past?"

Djokovic: "Yes"

Interviewer: "When?"

Djokovic: "I had a corona twice, I had one in June 2020 and was recently found positive in a test on December 16."

This means that all the documents published in which Djokovic alongside children at a charity event were taken hours after the Serb allegedly revealed that he was positive about Corona. As you may recall, there were those who doubted that Djokovic really got infected, claiming that this was his strategy - to allow himself entry as a recovering person, at an ideal time for him (less than a month before the tournament) since he found no other option to enter the country.

Then, when taken for questioning by immigration officials, came a controversial stage, which the judge criticized this morning in his decision. On the day the Serb lands, at 5:00 a.m. the investigator tells Djokovic that he will have enough time to talk to his men and representatives to respond to the decision to reject his visa. "You will have until 8:30," said the interrogator, who made it clear that he would soon finish the shift and be replaced by another clerk. When the second clerk arrived, at 6:07 a.m., he canceled his predecessor's words - telling Djokovic that he must leave immediately for a solitary confinement hotel.

Politicians in Australia react angrily

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As mentioned, now the Australian government will have to make a difficult decision, given all the pressure from all directions.

The Attorney General of the Australian Government, Christopher Tran, has made it clear that the Minister of Immigration, Alex Hawke, will consider whether to exercise his authority to revoke Djokovic's visa.

This means that even after the court decision, the minister will be able to revoke the visa again, as the state did at the beginning of the proceedings.

On the other hand, the judge warned the state representatives that "now the risks have only increased, and not decreased."

Australia is struggling to fight Corona, the number of patients is only rising, there is harsh criticism of the government's conduct over the lack of antigen tests and the economic damage to business, and now the prime minister's political rivals claim he "lost control" - after the government publicly declared , And now the court overturned the decision and inflicted another public loss on it.

"Morrison lost the trial against Djokovic, what an impotence!", Wrote former Prime Minister Kevin Rodd, "Like everything else ... if they really did not want him here, why the hell did they give him a visa to come here? It seems like a strategy "When, in fact, in the real world, people here have no way of being tested."

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