He is being asked to go on leave until the court case is over. He's not being fired, just suspended.

Airports and other border points have been notified not to accept these cancelled passports.

They were not being allowed to spend the normal 21 days to let the concrete set. It was taking much less before they were building another layer.

The reasons are confidential and are best known to the minister,

We plead with the kidnappers to release the men so that they may be reunited with their families.

We are in the process of putting together a team of experts well versed in the necessary required areas so that they can join their counterparts from other countries participating in the inquiry,