Title of Article:Three officers suspended for Passport Scandal

Author:CTV3 Publisher
Direct Quotation: The Ministry is committed to upholding the integrity of the passport issuance system and has instituted additional safeguard
measures to dissuade any further attempt to compromise the system and once again invoke the publics indulgence with these strengthened
measures.

Paraphrase:The Ministry has decided to strengthen defense against fake passport production and wants to spread out in public.

Summary:The Government of Belize Press Office issued out a release in regards to the ongoing investigation of the scandal which broke last
week involving former Minister of State in the Immigration Ministry Elvin Penner. Penner was involved in the issuance of a passport to a
Korean national who was detained in Taiwan. The Korean whose name is now known to be Kim Won Hong, is wanted in South Korea for
charges of fraud in which it is alleged that he embezzled millions of dollars from one of that countrys largest firms, SK Shipping Company.
Hong is one of the executive of the company.Hong was behind bars in Taiwan, but he is supposed to send back in South Korea instead he paid
Penner a $120,000 to create fake passport. Kim Won Hong received his passport in less time than the average Belizean would and thats because
Hong had never been to Belize. The Immigration Ministry suspended three officers: Omar Phillips, Sharon Neal-Flowers, and Erwin Robinson
due to pending the completion of the investigation by the Public Service Commission. These three officers allowed a fraud, which is Elvin
Penner, to perpetrated on the system.

Citation in MLA format: Publisher, CTV3. "Three Officers Suspended For Passport Scandal." Centaur Cable Network. Belize News from CTV3.
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