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Liberia: Over Muslims deportation, Senator Massallay speaks out
Dec 4, 2009
by Michael Kpayili / Staff Writer
The Senior Senator of Grand Cape Mount County has broken silence on the status of the ten Muslims deported from the Saudi Arabian City of Mecca.
Senator Abel Masselley in his clarification revealed that the ten deportees may have been fooled by fellow Muslims by purchasing illegal passports. He said Mecca journey was well-organized and finalized at all levels and there was no need for pilgrims to be deported.
According to Senator Massallay, a total of two hundred visas were offered to Liberian pilgrims by the Saudi Embassy in Guinea. Documents show series of financial transactions in the tune of three hundred eighty thousand U.S. dollars to transport the two hundred pilgrims to Mecca.
The money which the Senator said was his personal initiative required the pilgrims to be transported from Monrovia to the King Andullaziz international Airport in Saudi Arabia. Senator Masselley also clarified none of the two hundred pilgrims that made the trip to Mecca paid a dime to get there.
The Grand Cape Mount Lawmaker called on National Security including the Bureau of Immigration to thoroughly investigate all those implicated in the dubious act.
Regarding the twelve passport confiscated by the Immigration at the Robert International Airport in Monrovia, Senator Massallay said he could not comment further because he was out of the country when the seizure took place. The deportation of Liberian Muslims from Saudi Arabia has sparked serious debate at street corners and Haitai centers with many calling for detail investigation as means of avoiding the recurrence of the acct.
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Michael Kpayili is a staff writer for TheLiberianTimes.com. Kpayili has written articles which have appeared on TheLiberianTimes.com since late 2005, and his hard hitting investigative journalism has earned the respect of the Liberian press community.
Michael Kpayili may be contacted at mkpayili@theliberiantimes.com.
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