The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Ministry of Justice, has declared an Indian, Manoj Kumar, as an undesirable alien and a threat to national security.
The Ministry of Justice, in the Civil Law Court, disclosed that Kumar was being investigated but fled the country and evaded immigration authorities when an indictment was issued to be served on him.
The ministry stated that the Indian uses multiple names, such as Manoj Kumar Vastwani and Haresh Kumar, and that he lied under oath in making false and misleading representation.
According to the Justice Ministry, Kumar’s behavior was incompatible with his status as an alien; therefore, his re-entry visa was cancelled because the statute grants the government the power to revoke, cancel and deny visas to aliens.
Prior to the government’s assertion, Kumar had filed a petition for declarative judgment before Judge J. Kennedy Peabody, Civil Law Court, Monrovia, informing the court that he was denied re-entry into Liberia by the Commissioner General of the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS).
The petitioner’s petition was filed on September 21, 2021, which informed the court that he is a resident of Liberia.
The petitioner said he peacefully resided in the country, along with his family, for 21 years.
Kumar further contended that, after he travelled out of the country, upon his return to Liberia on September 14, 2021 at the Roberts International Airport he was refused entry into Liberia by authorities at the airport, and put on a plane to Ghana back to India.
He told the court that he has committed no crime to be treated as a common criminal.
According to him, if he has committed any crime he needs to know in order to correct the situation.
“I was unfairly treated by being thrown away as a common criminal. I pray this court for a judgment granting me permission to return to Liberia as a right,” he explained.
He boasted that, as a result of his peaceful nature, he has enjoyed the hospitality of the Liberian government and has obeyed all the laws of the land.
Meanwhile, Judge Peabody, Civil Law Court, denied Kumar’s re-entry into country, stating that the Indian national as alien does not have the right to re-enter Liberia if he is a threat to national security.