Pakistan embassy man held by Rela personnel
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PETALING JAYA: A Pakistan embassy staff was allegedly detained by Rela personnel as they did not recognise his Wisma Putra-issued identity card.
The embassy's accountant was travelling on a bus to work when it was stopped by Rela members near Ampang Baru at 8.20am yesterday.
An embassy spokesperson said the enforcement team proceeded to check the identities of foreign passengers and detained the accountant in the process.
"He produced his identity card which was issued by Wisma Putra. It is equivalent to a passport, but they said it was not valid," he said, adding that the accountant was taken to a Rela operations centre and was released two hours later after intervention by the embassy.
Selangor Rela director Khairi Mohd Alwee said his men took the accountant to the centre to verify his identity card.
"My boys hardly encounter the Wisma Putra identity card. That was why we took him to the centre to verify it. Once it was verified, we released him," he said.
Rela director-general Datuk Zaidon Asmuni said he would investigate the matter as such an incident should not have occurred.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/10/nation/21212570&sec=nation
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