Afghanistan summons Pakistani envoy over ‘diplomats’ arrest’

[That Guy]

Within an Hour. It is a long time friend. Any Diplomat , if spend 10 minutes in Police Station due to suspicion on him, is a big issue.

This issue has been made silent. A lot of things must not come on media.

No, you're just trying to create unneeded drama on the forum. You're using flawed logic, just stop. You and I both know that you're wrong. It's better if you just stop arguing for the sake of arguing and move on.

 

[Screambowl]

No, you're just trying to create unneeded drama on the forum. You're using flawed logic, just stop. You and I both know that you're wrong. It's better if you just stop arguing for the sake of arguing and move on.

It is up to you to move on. But it is a fact! No policeman touches any diplomat if he is aware of his diplomatic status unless until orders are given to detain for whatever reasons. Normally Diplomats travel with Diplomatic numbers on their cars, so not even police stops them.

 

[That Guy]

It is up to you to move on. But it is a fact! No policeman touches any diplomat if he is aware of his diplomatic status unless until orders are given to detain for whatever reasons. Normally Diplomats travel with Diplomatic numbers on their cars, so not even police stops them.

That's the fucking point, they weren't aware. Just shut up already, and stop trying to twist facts.

 

[Screambowl]

That's the fucking point, they weren't aware. Just shut up already, and stop trying to twist facts.

Which is not possible! And it took them one hour to release high ranking diplomats?

 

[MastanKhan]

Diplomats can be detained and searched:---


Bangladesh seizes 27kg of gold from North Korean diplomat

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File photo shows a worker placing a ten kilogram 'raw' gold bar onto a scale at gold bullion factory Oegussa in Vienna on October 8, 2008 (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)
Bangladeshi customs authorities seized nearly 27 kilograms of gold, worth about $1.7 million, from a North Korean diplomat on Friday after he tried to smuggle in the bullion using diplomatic immunity.
Armed police and customs officials at Dhaka airport challenged Son Young Nam, the first secretary of the North Korean embassy in the city, on Thursday night after he arrived on a flight from Singapore.
"He insisted that his bags cannot be scanned because he's carrying a red passport and he enjoys diplomatic immunity," Moinul Khan, head of Bangladesh's customs intelligence department, told AFP.
Khan said the diplomat was told that gold weighing more than two kilograms could not be carried in.
"After more than four hours of drama, he gave in and we found gold bars and gold ornaments weighing 26.795 kilograms (59.1 pounds), which is worth 130 million taka ($1.67 million), from his hand-bag," he added.
The diplomat who was accompanied by the North Korean ambassador to Dhaka on his flight from Singapore, was "released under the Vienna Convention but the gold was confiscated," Khan added.
Bangladeshi customs authorities are set to prosecute the diplomat under the country's harsh anti-smuggling laws after they get the go-ahead from the foreign ministry and the North Korean authorities are informed.
"It's a clear case of smuggling. We believe he would have sold the gold to a local criminal racket. He is being used as a carrier," Khan said, adding that if convicted he could face a maximum life term in prison.
The gold seizure came after local customs authorities recently said Bangladesh's two international airports have seen a big rise in illegal gold movement, with smugglers frequently caught red-handed.
Official figures showed the customs intelligence teams have seized nearly one tonne of the precious metal in the past 22 months, compared with just 15 kilograms captured over the previous five-year period.
The gold is mostly smuggled in from Gulf nations and then sent to India through the country's porous 4,000 kilometre (2,500 miles) land border.
Smuggling is thought to have increased largely due to India's imposition of strict import duties on gold.

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[Donatello]

That is correct, our own diplomat in NY was arrested. They don't detain without orders.

Diplomats can be arrested with enough evidence, though they cannot be charged. They are requested to leave the country. So in this case, probably the intelligence agencies knew what they were upto and hence expelling them does the same job as arresting them........they can no longer do whatever they were doing. Same in case of Devyani in NY. But here emphasis should be put on the fact that the person in question is actually a Diplomat. not all members of the consulate/embassy are diplomats. Countries must specify who is who....and since diplomacy works in a reciprocal capacity, Afghanistan can do the same with Pakistan, so a new person comes in in the place of the old one.

 

[Screambowl]

Diplomats can be arrested with enough evidence, though they cannot be charged. They are requested to leave the country. So in this case, probably the intelligence agencies knew what they were upto and hence expelling them does the same job as arresting them........they can no longer do whatever they were doing. Same in case of Devyani in NY. But here emphasis should be put on the fact that the person in question is actually a Diplomat. not all members of the consulate/embassy are diplomats. Countries must specify who is who....and since diplomacy works in a reciprocal capacity, Afghanistan can do the same with Pakistan, so a new person comes in in the place of the old one.

That's why I mentioned group A level officer. Agreed, without orders from top, or without any suspicion, or without any evidence of any espionage activity, diplomats cannot be detained.

More over, my argument with @That Guy is, whether Police was aware or unaware of their diplomatic status, or even being an Afghan based official in the consulate. The police was however aware of them being diplomats and the detention was not a mistake.

 

[Donatello]

That's why I mentioned group A level officer. Agreed, without orders from top, or without any suspicion, or without any evidence of any espionage activity, diplomats cannot be detained.

More over, my argument with @That Guy is, whether Police was aware or unaware of their diplomatic status, or even being an Afghan based official in the consulate. The police was however aware of them being diplomats and the detention was not a mistake.

Yup, probably, but the police must had prior knowledge from Intelligence Agencies so they could make a move.