Male, 07 November: Five Sri Lankans were deported from
Maldives for engaging in prostitution, the Department of Immigration has
said. In addition, 12 other expatriates were also deported after being
arrested on various charges.
The five Sri Lankans were deported for life and the others
were barred from entering Maldives for 10 years, according to a statement
issued by the Department of Immigration. According to a statement, there
were four women and one man among the Sri Lankans who were deported for
prostitution. The statement however did not say in which of the several
prostitution busts the five had been arrested.
One of the expatriates who was deported and barred from
entering Maldives was a Sri Lankan man who tried to leave Maldives using a
Malaysian passport. Three Bangladeshis and one Sri Lankan arrested on
assault charges; and two Indians, one Bangladeshi and one Sri Lankan who
were in Maldives illegally were also among those who were deported from
Maldives for 10 years. Two Bangladeshis who were arrested on drugs-related
charges and for working under a fake work permit were also deported, the
statement said. (Asiantribune.com)
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