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Malawian deported from Zimbabwe
21 Oct 2015 at 07:00hrs | Views
A Malawi national has been deported for staying illegally in Zimbabwe after forging his travel documents in a bid to conduct business operations in the country.
Mohammed Irvine, 23, of Blantyre stayed in the country illegally for two months and was arrested at the Plumtree Border Post on September 18 after immigration officials noticed that his passport had fake Zimbabwean immigration stamps.
He pleaded guilty before Ruvetsa facing charges of forging a travel document. The Malawian was ordered to pay $50 fine or spend 20 days in prison in default. Irvine told the court that he had assigned someone to get his passport stamped during his illegal stay, but did not know that the stamps were fake.
"I'm sorry your worship, I was still doing some business in the country and someone offered to get my passport stamped and I paid them. I didn't know that the stamps were fake," he said. "I had travelled to do some business and my passport expired before I could finish but I still needed to stay longer," he said.
Mohammed Irvine, 23, of Blantyre stayed in the country illegally for two months and was arrested at the Plumtree Border Post on September 18 after immigration officials noticed that his passport had fake Zimbabwean immigration stamps.
He pleaded guilty before Ruvetsa facing charges of forging a travel document. The Malawian was ordered to pay $50 fine or spend 20 days in prison in default. Irvine told the court that he had assigned someone to get his passport stamped during his illegal stay, but did not know that the stamps were fake.
"I'm sorry your worship, I was still doing some business in the country and someone offered to get my passport stamped and I paid them. I didn't know that the stamps were fake," he said. "I had travelled to do some business and my passport expired before I could finish but I still needed to stay longer," he said.
Source - chronicle
