{"id":41735,"date":"2022-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=afbd0f540dddab2856314c82de7d92d8"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:00:00","slug":"home-affairs-on-arrested-bangladeshi-national-for-fraudulent-sa-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/home-affairs-on-arrested-bangladeshi-national-for-fraudulent-sa-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Affairs on arrested Bangladeshi national for fraudulent SA passport"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Bangladeshi national was nabbed at OR Tambo International Airport trying to leave the country with a fraudulent SA passport <\/P>
In an ongoing clampdown on the use of fraudulent SA documents, a Bangladeshi national was arrested trying to leave the country on Wednesday night via the OR Tambo International Airport with a fraudulent SA passport.<\/P>
\u201cWe have traced where this passport was issued and which corrupt Home Affairs official issued it. The corrupt official who issued it is one of those who are on the radar of the Department\u2019s Counter Corruption Branch, hence another arrest is imminent,\u201d said Minister Motsoaledi.<\/P>
Upon further investigation, Home Affairs uncovered that this Bangladeshi national had applied for asylum in December 2015 and his application was rejected because he is definitely not in need of asylum. He has been appealing through the elaborate appeals system in SA ever since.<\/P>
Another important fact to note is that he was found in possesion of a travel permit purportedly issued by the \u201cGovernment of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh\u201d as recently as 26 April 2022. The significance of this is that an asylum seeker cannot have any document issued by the country of origin because they are supposed to have ran away from there.<\/P>
The Department of Home Affairs is extremely concerned about the abuse of the asylum system of our country.<\/P>
\u201cWe will not tire or be dissuaded from fighting to eliminate corruption in all areas of Home Affairs, whether perpetrated by a foreign national or a South African. We will continue arresting all of them,\u201d said Minister Motsoaledi.<\/P>
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Source: Government of South Africa<\/P>
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