Home Minister Hishamuddin Tun Hussein yesterday confirmed that the detention of Australian senator Nick Xenophon’s at the budget airport in Sepang in the morning was in accordance with the law, and nothing's political about it.
He also rubbished reports the authorities saw the Australian senator as an enemy of the state and it was politically motivated to keep him out of Malaysia ahead of Election 2013, and that there was nothing irregular about the immigration’s move to hold the vocal Australian lawmaker until he can be deported.
Malaysians too, he said were subjected to the same rules and regulations, anywhere they go. Immigration DG Alias Ahmad confirmed that Xenophon’s detention was under Section 8(3) of the Immigration Act which provided for the authorities to bar him entry as a 'prohibited immigrant'.
A report Down Under said the senator has acted as an emissary for Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, carrying a letter warning of infringements on democracy to the federal government.
Xenophon's detention has also caused the cancellation of a visit to Malaysia by a delegation of Australian MPs from all major parties.
He also rubbished reports the authorities saw the Australian senator as an enemy of the state and it was politically motivated to keep him out of Malaysia ahead of Election 2013, and that there was nothing irregular about the immigration’s move to hold the vocal Australian lawmaker until he can be deported.
Malaysians too, he said were subjected to the same rules and regulations, anywhere they go. Immigration DG Alias Ahmad confirmed that Xenophon’s detention was under Section 8(3) of the Immigration Act which provided for the authorities to bar him entry as a 'prohibited immigrant'.
A report Down Under said the senator has acted as an emissary for Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, carrying a letter warning of infringements on democracy to the federal government.
Xenophon's detention has also caused the cancellation of a visit to Malaysia by a delegation of Australian MPs from all major parties.