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SEREMBAN – An Israeli citizen entered Malaysia using a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport on October 15, said Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
Khairul explained that the individual, who goes by the name of Nas Daily or his real name Nuseir Yassin, held two citizenships namely Israel and the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
“The individual entered and exited Malaysia using the same passport (Saint Kitts and Nevis) and is understood to have entered Singapore using an Israeli passport.
“He (the individual) did not have any offences under Immigration regulations, therefore permission to enter (the country) on a tourist visa was given upon his arrival using a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport,” he told reporters after attending the Prisons Department’s Placement, Employment and Income (3P) programme.
The programme was launched by Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz at the Mantin Inmate Reintegration Centre (PRP). It was also attended by Prisons director-general Datuk Nordin Muhamad.
Khairul, when commenting on the viral TikTok video which shows Israeli citizen Nas Daily entering the country, said: “Actually, he did not use an Israeli passport as if he did, he would not have been allowed to enter the country as Malaysia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.”
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Meanwhile, Wan Ahmad said the 3P programme is especially for foreign inmates who are eligible to be placed under the PRP for employment.
He said income received from the job will be used to meet the foreign inmates’ daily needs and repatriate them to their country of origin.
“This programme started in July on a pilot project basis for 16 Indonesian inmates. The number of foreign inmates who are currently in prison amounts to nearly 12,000.
“For those foreign inmates, they will gain skills and income that can help them return to their home country sooner and without having to go through detention by immigration (authorities),” he also said.
Wan Ahmad added that this synergy has a positive impact on all parties, including reducing congestion in prisons and Immigration detention depots. – Bernama, October 19, 2022
