Something I would like to take a moment to share.
Beware when you’re travelling into a certain country via car.
The Customs officer just tore my passport in the foreign country and claimed that it was done in Singapore .
Best part, I open up to the biometric photo ID page for the person to scan my passport in the foreign country and my passport was still intact.
When I turned to see, she in fact tore my passport in front of me and claimed that I tore my passport and asked what’s my purpose of entry to the country with that torn passport.
My reply was, how can Singapore allow me to exit Singapore with a torn passport. They will definitely turn me around.
As said, the female officer refused to listen and she brought me to an office and sat me down there for hours without giving me any explanations.
Ended up, cops were called on me and they were ready to arrest me and also wanted to confiscate my car and said that I was entering their country with a falsified documentation. Sometimes I do wonder if they get their vocabulary checked.
I explained to them that this is a case of NTL and I should be given the rights to return back to my country to rectify this issue . And also, I explained to them that this was actually done by their custom’s officer but their higher authority refused to listen to me. Thank god one of my work colleague came in like an angel to help me out to get the Singapore embassy officers on the phone and to help me out.
Finally, a call was made to them and they released me in the end with much hesitations as they were adamant on arresting me.
When I asked for the officer’s name who tore my passport, all the officials whom were present refused to reveal her name.
In the end, I was released at late hours to go back to Singapore .
The feeling of coming home is definitely damn good as you know that you have your rights in your country and you know that this kind of corruption or corrupted behaviour doesn’t takes place in Singapore .
As much as we like to visit foreign countries, this is definitely one of the most baddest experience which can happen to one person especially when it’s got smth to do with our passport .
Why so much hatred for us Singaporeans who’re entering until you’ve got to tear our passports?
Not all, but a particular bunch of them have really caused a bad impression in whole .
I hope this alerts those around to be vigilant whenever we’re entering foreign countries
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