King's brother's passport seized

Sat, 30 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Kuala Lumpur has ordered the confiscation
of the passport of the brother of the king of Malaysia in
punishment for visiting Israel, Premier Mahathir Mohamad was
yesterday reported as saying.

Mahathir said the cabinet decided on Wednesday to seize the
passport of Prince Abdullah Rahman, who admitted on July 16 that
he went on a three-day trip last month to investigate business
possibilities in Israel.

"The weekly cabinet meeting discussed the issue although it
was not on the agenda. When a person misuses his passport, we
will take it back," Mahathir was reported in local newspapers as
saying in northeastern Trengganu state late Thursday.

He said he did not know whether the prince's passport had
already been seized by the authorities.

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