MINISTER DECLINE TO DEPORT ASIAN

By Andrew Fanasia Jr.

An Asian who originally came into Solomon Islands as an employee of the China United is now operating what is alleged to be an illegal bakery in Honiara.

However the National Express has learnt from credible sources within the Immigration Department that the Caretaker Immigration Minister Francis Billy Hilly had turned down a recommendation by Immigration official to deport the Asian.

“The Minister’s response when he turned down the recommendation was that he would review the case but he has done nothing about the case up until now,” our Immigration source said.

The bakery in question is known as Nature Bakery and it is located at the Ranandi industrial site in East Honiara.

The case first emerged as a health issue in March this year when following a tip, the HCC health Division investigate the bakery house and found that it did not meet the health regulations standards of the Honiara City Council (HCC).

A HCC Health Division spokesman told the National Express that after compiling a full report his Division decided to refer the matter to the Immigration Department fur further investigations.

The spokesman said that since then the Council has not heard any feedback from the Immigration Department.

A credible source from the Immigration Department has told the Express that upon further investigations they found that the owner of the bakery is one Wang Bin who came into the country as an employee of China United which is building the Town Grounds Rugby Stadium.

Our Immigration source said that the Immigration investigation found that Wang Bin was operating in breach of his work and residential permits.

The Immigration officials then sent a full report to Minister Hilly and recommended that Mr. Bin’s work and residential permits be revoked immediately and that he be deported.

When the execution documents reached Minister Hilly he said that he would review it and he has done nothing about it up until now.

For two weeks that National Express had made several attempts to secure an appointment to speak with Minister Hilly before publishing this story without success before a decision was taken to publish this story.

The Express has also been informed that Mr. Bin had some links to a former Member of Parliament and a businessman and who was previously contracted by the Sogavare led Government to fill a political appointee position in the Prime Minister’s Office.

The National Express visited the site yesterday and discovered that there were no notices or billboard in front of the Bakery house to show that this was a bread factory.

The Owner and his family looked agitated and anxious when

approached by a National Express reporter.

The Honiara City Council (HCC) Health Division told the Express that the Nature Bakery did not meet the HCC health standards but the Nature Bakery products were now being sold in many shops in Honiara.

A local business operating in the Ranandi that when the Immigration Department did nothing about Mr. Bin he was now enjoying himself in Honiara running his bakery company at Ranadi opposite Solomon Islands Electric Authority (SIEA) as if this country did not have any laws.