IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell admitted yesterday that some Chinese nationals working at the British Colonial Hilton in January were released from custody and returned to the construction site despite the “irregularities” that prompted officers to detain them.
Mr Bell said “it was determined that given all of the circumstances”, taking the people to the detention centre for processing was unnecessary.
He did not say who determined this, and he refused questions from reporters.
Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard has claimed senior immigration officials sent a letter to the permanent secretary expressing concern about Mr Bell’s intervention in the January 17 matter.
Citing information from unnamed officials, Mr Pintard said buses were loaded with Chinese nationals, but Mr Bell intervened to release them.
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