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Malaysia custom officer tore SG passport and denied entry

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Tianmo

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actually i am quite surprise that they asked for money inside immigration area, dare to tear someone's passport even beyond imagination.

 

I am not doubting that person, i am thinking a group of people in msia are trying to stir up something.

 

 

In the news this morning, Umno together with 3 other opposition parties set up shadow cabinet to parallel run the ruling  gov, 1st in Malaysia political history for checks and balance... [laugh]  [laugh]  [laugh]

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-has-a-shadow-cabinet-for-the-first-time

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Mcf777

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Money kiap in passport is still normal occurrences at Thailand land border crossing. I still do it when i went over last year.

 

at thai border, there is a sign board that stated how much you need to pay per person during the peak hour.

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Ysc3

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even though the immigration officer kenah caught ...

 

but the passport how ? free replacement or the owner still got to pay for replacement himself ?

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inlinesix

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I had banned traveling to Malaysia for many years.

Why go in and feed those greedy people. I prefer spend my hard earn cash at locally or at others country.

 

Only place I travel to in Malaysia is penang due to business trip.

But that is a much better place due to the local garmen.

 

Ya lor.  Why would anyone risk their life to go to such a greedy people country?

 

Somemore everytime jam.  Waste time only.

 

Stay in Singapore better.

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Victor68

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Every country has their issues.even you go to USA, will you be treated equally? Of course there will be bad apples among the good ones.

 

Just be polite and play along in foreign land. If JB is not like that, would Singapore be today? Look at the half filled glass.

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Evillusion

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this morning pass by one money changer, saw rate 1:3.

 

I think started to go up again after the election, I remember in May the rate was 2.9. [laugh][laugh][laugh]

I changed on the 12th at kipmart....at first the lady say it was rm 2.99 but gave me rm 3.00 for each dollar......
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DACH

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Every country has their issues.even you go to USA, will you be treated equally? Of course there will be bad apples among the good ones.

 

Just be polite and play along in foreign land. If JB is not like that, would Singapore be today? Look at the half filled glass.

 

Agreed, especially when we don't really familiar with their culture. 

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Mcf777

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Singaporean faces passport issue at Malaysian checkpoint

 Singaporean Muhammad Fauzi claims that a Malaysian immigration officer tore his passport. Johor's immigration department said that investigations have been opened against the officer.

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SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - After he got married in February last year, it has been his daily routine to ride his motorcycle from his home in Johor, where he lives with his wife and in-laws, to work in Singapore, and back.

 

The Singaporean man, who wanted to be known only as Muhammad Fauzi, 26, would always cross the border via the Second Link.

 

He never had issues with his passport, until last week.

 

Going through the Malaysian checkpoint on his way home at about 11.30pm on Sept 24, the performance auditor was left shocked by the actions of an immigration officer.

 

Mr Fauzi claimed the officer tore his passport and then solicited a bribe.

 

Mr Fauzi told The New Paper on Thursday (Oct 4) that he had no issues when clearing Singaporean customs that night.

 

However, at the Sultan Abu Bakar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, an immigration officer questioned him extensively.

 

Mr Fauzi said: "While he was questioning me, I saw his palm moving the bio-metric page clockwise... Then he told me that I had to make a U-turn back to Singapore because my passport was torn."

 

Mr Fauzi said he asked to see a supervisor but was instead asked to park his motorcycle and to follow the officer.

 

That was when the officer hinted he wanted a bribe, Mr Fauzi alleged.

 

He added: "The officer told me he could help me go into Malaysia, but I had to 'help him' also."

 

On hearing that, Mr Fauzi asked for his passport back and returned to Singapore, where he spoke to an officer from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) who advised him to make a police report.

 

He did that, and also wrote about his experience on Facebook last week.

 

Three others have messaged him about similar encounters, Mr Fauzi said.

 

In response to Mr Fauzi's allegations, the Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia Johor (JIM Johor, Johor's immigration department) said in a statement on Facebook that investigations have been opened against the officer accused of misconduct.

 

The statement in Malay said the department took a serious view of the case and firm action would be taken if the allegations were proven true.

 

When contacted by TNP, ICA said a torn passport would be considered invalid and would need to be replaced.

 

Mr Fauzi said he stayed with his parents for two nights while he waited for ICA to replace his passport, for which he had to pay $80.

 

He said he met senior personnel from JIM Johor on Sept 26, facilitated by the ICA, but had so far not heard back from them.

 

DO NOT BE AFRAID

For those faced with a similar situation, Mr Fauzi had this advice: "Do not be afraid. Please look for any officials nearby to lodge a complaint and police report. Cases such as this cannot be resolved if they go unreported."

 

Singaporeans overseas in need of consular assistance can contact the 24-hour Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Duty Office (+65-63798800/8855) and refer to MFA's website or its consular Twitter page @MFAsgConsular for more information.

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BanCoe

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Got passport issues?

 

Call RadX.

 

[lipsrsealed][grin]:D

Really didn’t know @radx does all this ..... I guess you know him better only or bestest
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Maxus-MIFA9

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Really didn’t know @radx does all this ..... I guess you know him better only or bestest

 

His passport is one way type. :we-all-gonna-die: 

 

Non Returning but can visit only once a year....  :yeah-im-not-drunk:

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Ysc3

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Man claims that he was detained for hours after a customs officer tore up his passport

 

A man has come out to claim that his passport was torn up by a customs officer when he attempted to enter a certain country — resulting in him being detained for hours after the authorities believed that he was using falsified documentation.

 

Facebook user Muhammad Nuruzzaman was careful not to mention the name of the country he tried to enter, but it’s pretty much deducible that the alleged incident took place at a Malaysian immigration checkpoint, seeing that he traveled by car. It also remains unclear which checkpoint (the Sultan Abu Bakar CIQ Complex on the Tuas side or the Sultan Iskandar CIQ complex in Woodlands) he was referring to.

 

According to the man, the accused officer had torn his passport in front of him but blamed Nuruzzaman instead. She was said to have confronted him about why he tried to enter the country with a torn passport.

 

A picture shared by Nuruzzaman showed a Singapore passport with its cover ripped from the rest of its contents. It’s hard to verify though if it was even his passport in the first place.

 

Despite his attempts to defend himself, he was apparently held in an office for hours before being threatened with arrest and confiscation of his vehicle.

 

“Thank god one of my work colleagues came in like an angel to help me out to get the Singapore embassy officers on the phone and to help me out,” Nuruzzaman wrote.

 

“Finally, a call was made to them and they released me in the end with much hesitation as they were adamant on arresting me,” he continued, adding that officers refused to reveal the name of the person who allegedly tore up his passport. He was released and returned back to Singapore.

 

“The feeling of coming home is definitely damn good as you know that you have your rights in your country and you know that this kind of corruption or corrupted behavior doesn’t take place in Singapore.”

 

 

 

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Yewheng

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When this passport torn incident happened sometime back not too long ago and is spread on social media and picked up by mainstream media.. I thought malaysia custom officer will think twice before doing it again. But no, it happened again. Darn..

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Victor68

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Just U turn from a massive jam 9ver at Tuas. It is going to be at least 2 hours or more even to clear Sg side. Then you got the Malaysian side.

 

Have this incident cause the officers to be more careful, hahaha

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