Almost a week ago, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a prohibition order against two immigrants and to date, details about the criminal activities they are allegedly involved in remain unknown.
According to the Official Gazette, the order was issued by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn on Monday January 9th.
It said that the purpose of the order was to declare Chaohui Lin, passport number EG134799 and Kunbin Chen passport number EB8442448 prohibited immigrants in accordance with Section 3(3) (b) of the Immigration Act, Chapter 14:02.
Chaohui Lin is being sought by Interpol.
The order said that this was based on information that Chaohui Lin is wanted by Interpol pursuant to a Red Notice published on the 24th day of November, 2011 and information that Kunbin Chen is a close associate of Chaohui Lin and may be involved in similar criminal activities as Chaohui Lin.
After the order was issued, Sunday Stabroek made several efforts to obtain information about the crimes the duo are allegedly involved in but efforts were futile.
At least two police sources had indicated to this newspaper that they are not at liberty to disclose the information.
Numerous efforts made by the Sunday Stabroek to contact Benn were also fruitless since calls to his phone went unanswered. A message was also sent to his WhatsApp number and as of yesterday afternoon there was no response from Benn.
A check on the Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization) website for details on Chaohui Lin also bore no results.
As such, this newspaper reached out to the Interpol Press Office requesting assistance in obtaining information, particularly about Lin’s alleged involvement in criminal activities since the order said a red notice was issued for him.
However, the press office indicated that after the information is passed on to a country, they do not comment on the cases or individuals except in special circumstances and with the approval of the member country.
“If or when police in any of Interpol’s 195 member countries share information with the General Secretariat in Lyon in relation to investigations and individuals, this information remains under the ownership of that member country,” Interpol told this newspaper.
“We would advise you to contact the relevant national police authorities for any information relating to this individual,” they said.
