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By SHEILA LASIBORI
THE passport of an Australian facing two charges relating to migration
and pornography, showed that he never made any trips, including back to
Australia, to renew his entry permit.
An officer from the Compliance Division within the Foreign Affairs and
Immigration Department last Thursday told the court that Sinan Caglar
was issued with a Short Term Multiple Business Visa when he first
entered the country on Feb 2.
The officer showed the court the features of a Short Term Multiple
Business Visa (on a page of the passport) after police prosecutor Aibare
Bosing asked the officer to do so.
“He was on a short-term business visa,” the officer told the court,
adding that such visas are accompanied by conditions related to work
permit under the Migration Act.
The main condition highlighted by the officer was the 60 allowable days
people on the Short Term Multiple Business Visas were to stay in PNG but
depart to their country of origin before the 60 days lapsed to renew the
entry permit.
“The permit is valid for one year but there is a condition of 60 days.
After 60 days, the holder of the permit is illegal in the country. On
business visa, the holder is not required to perform any work where he
gets paid,” the officer said.
The compliance officer also produced to the court a print out of a
company search done with the Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) which
showed that a company named Organic Harvest Limited was registered
against the defendant’s name.
The officer also produced receipts to the court alleging that Caglar
bought alluvial gold.
Meanwhile, during the trial, the court heard that a mobile telephone
allegedly containing explicit sexual photographs (pornography) belonged
to Caglar’s young PNG wife Dorothy.
 
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