The other night I was chatting online with a friend in pp who was frantically trying to make contact with a friend of her's who'd gone 'missing' upon arrival in KL.
The friend had gone to visit her boyfriend and simply vanished at the gates. The boyfriend hadn't seen her and was contacting her grandmother in pp to find out if she had made the flight or not. She had. The airport weren't of much help either.
Come Sunday night (3 days and 2 nights no contact) the friend managed to make contact. She had been detained on arrival (Friday) and held until she was due to board her flight back to PP on Monday morning. During her stay in a Malay immigration holding facility she had the pleasure of paying $200 for basic needs (food, bed ect) and says that others locked in with her who did not have money had to simply go without.
The story of how she came to be held is somewhat odd and I felt it poor taste to dig at her for answers given her distraught and embarrassed nature at this time but from what I can understand, given that she's Khmer, may have been thought to be at risk of working illegally or, given she hadn't known her new bf too long, being trafficked. Whatever their reasoning it's still pretty fucked up to hold someone without charge in an immigration facility (Ain't OZ, bro) and then demand cash for their stay.
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Bad form from Malaysian immigration
Isn't there a due process? Like allowing calls or informing the Cambodian Embassy? That's really horrendous.
Could it be related to Cambodia's behavior and what other ASEAN countries perceive as sabotaging the ASEAN meetings and statements?
Isn't there a due process? Like allowing calls or informing the Cambodian Embassy? That's really horrendous.
Could it be related to Cambodia's behavior and what other ASEAN countries perceive as sabotaging the ASEAN meetings and statements?
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Ever tried contacting a Cambodian Embassy? It is futile.Joon wrote:Bad form from Malaysian immigration
Isn't there a due process? Like allowing calls or informing the Cambodian Embassy? That's really horrendous.
I had this happen to a lady friend of mine a couple of years ago so it is nothing new.
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Not even in the slightest.vladimir wrote:Like Nauru, right?tuk-tukfish wrote:Whatever their reasoning it's still pretty fucked up to hold someone without charge in an immigration facility (Ain't OZ, bro) and then demand cash for their stay.
No one gets of Nauru, you think we're fucking amateurs down here or something?
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This is a common occurrence in many ports of entry, including the US. When an individual is refused entry, they're detained, usually at or near the airport or border control facility, until they are sent onwards or back to their point of departure.
I was detained for 14 hours in Korean immigration arrivals for having a "worn-out" passport. I was finally released and had to have a new passport issued at the US embassy in Seoul before I could travel onwards. My passport was a bit worn, with pages added, but a US embassy staffer told me that it was in fine condition and that she was surprised that I'd been singled out by immigration like that. During my detention, I was held, along with a few other unfortunate travelers, in a windowless room with a long wooden bench. Strangely, a woman and her young son, who'd sat next to me on the flight over from San Francisco, were also detained.
I was detained for 14 hours in Korean immigration arrivals for having a "worn-out" passport. I was finally released and had to have a new passport issued at the US embassy in Seoul before I could travel onwards. My passport was a bit worn, with pages added, but a US embassy staffer told me that it was in fine condition and that she was surprised that I'd been singled out by immigration like that. During my detention, I was held, along with a few other unfortunate travelers, in a windowless room with a long wooden bench. Strangely, a woman and her young son, who'd sat next to me on the flight over from San Francisco, were also detained.
That's like, your opinion, man.
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I've been detained before in Singapore, and again in Melbourne when a Phnom Penh expat, Ms. Natasha Trickey, thought it prudent to alert customs in Australia that I was returning home with a bag full of narcotics. A foul trick the little hag also played on her ex-boyfriend who was returning to New Zealand. Neither of us had anything on us, nor will she be when she gets her fanny inspected by a butch female customs officer during one of her Christmas pilgrimages back to OZ - although someone needs to clear out the cobwebs I guess.Walter White wrote:This is a common occurrence in many ports of entry, including the US. When an individual is refused entry, they're detained, usually at or near the airport or border control facility, until they are sent onwards or back to their point of departure.
I was detained for 14 hours in Korean immigration arrivals for having a "worn-out" passport. I was finally released and had to have a new passport issued at the US embassy in Seoul before I could travel on wards. My passport was a bit worn, with pages added, but a US embassy staffer told me that it was in fine condition and that she was surprised that I'd been singled out by immigration like that. During my detention, I was held, along with a few other unfortunate travelers, in a windowless room with a long wooden bench. Strangely, a woman and her young son, who'd sat next to me on the flight over from San Francisco, were also detained.
Anyhow, what I'm saying is that I feel your pain.
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