A Chinese national who submitted fraudulent documents to obtain a Student Visa under Kopen Secondary School was apprehended in a dawn raid in Yonki Eastern Highlands province. Kopen Secondary school is located in Wabag, Enga province. The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority lead investigation team arrested the suspect during their routine checks in Yonki. Surprisingly, the Chinese national was managing a retail shop in Yonki outside of Kainantu town whilst, being in possession of a student visa. PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority in a statement said the manner in which he obtained the visa was highly suspicious. Further investigations revealed that the Principal of the concerned school denied signing any acceptance letter to admit a foreign student of Chinese origin. Immigration and Border Security Minister Wesley Nukundz said this is a classic example of a fake Visa scam in PNG. PNG Immigration under the leadership of Minister Wesley Nukundz, a special investigation was sanctioned earlier to investigate fake visa issues in the country. Through that investigation, the suspect in Yonki was apprehended and he thanked his team for their tireless effort in rounding up such foreigners with fake visas. Meantime, Minister Nukundz has indicated that there is a collaboration between corrupt visa agents and immigration officials. Minister Nukundz warns that whoever is involved in producing fake visas and approves it, as well as the visa agent that lodges those visas will all be investigated and prosecuted. He adds those who came into the country illegally must now surrender themselves to the law enforcement agencies before investigators from his office catching up on them. The immigration and border security Ministry always maintains that foreigners are welcome to invest and do business in the country but they must respect PNG Laws at all times. NBC News/PNGEDucationNews NExt : PNG Students Win Taiwanese Govt Scholarships To Study In Taiwan Comments are closed.
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