CoveragePost
September 11, 2023
By Henry Pope Fiji’s government has taken the local leader of an influential South Korean doomsday sect into immigration custody after he and several other members of the Grace Road Church were declared “prohibited migrants” based on charges filed in 2018. Fiji had announced last Thursday that it was taking steps to deport Daniel Kim ... <a title="Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/korean-doomsday-sect-grace-road-saga-deepens-with-leader-in-fiji-custody/" aria-label="Read more about Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 8, 2023
By Vijay Narayan and Mosese Raqio in Suva Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim is currently in Fiji immigration custody as he has been declared a prohibited immigrant, according to Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua. Speaking to Fijivillage News this afternoon, Tikoduadua confirmed that Kim had been located and that he was a prohibited immigrant. ... <a title="Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/fiji-immigration-officials-detain-grace-road-cult-leader-daniel-kim/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 8, 2023
By Anish Chand in Lautoka The High Court in Lautoka yesterday issued orders to the Fiji police and the Immigration Department not to remove four members of the controversial South Korean religious cult Grace Road from Fiji. They are Beomseop Shin, Byeongjoon Lee, Jung “Daniel” Yong Kim and Jinsook Yoon. The interim injunction was issued ... <a title="Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court orders stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/08/interpol-red-notices-against-7-grace-road-cult-figures-but-court-orders-stay/" aria-label="Read more about Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court orders stay">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
June 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry for Vanuatu citizens whose passports were issued on or after May 25, 2015. The ban will stay in place until February 3, 2023. This follows a decision in March by the European Union’s Council to partially call off the visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu. The EU had ... <a title="Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/switzerland-bans-most-vanuatu-visa-free-entry-over-golden-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 5, 2019
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The Chinese Embassy has for a second time failed to respond to a request for comment concerning its role in the arrest, detention and planned deportation of six Chinese nationals on Vanuatu soil. The Vanuatu Daily Post originally contacted the embassy by telephone last week, but were instructed to ... <a title="Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/some-detained-chinese-accused-were-vanuatu-support-citizenship-applicants/" aria-label="Read more about Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants">Read more</a>