Is Canada Custom Right or Wrong? Custom, Wrong, Canada, Right

myversa

Let me try my first 辯論.

According to this:

加國海關惡整 台女泣遭遣返

Do you think Canada Custom should have not sent the Taiwanese Lady home?

myversa

In this case, it might turn out that the custom is wrong about her being the terrorist but what happened if one of 100 cases turn out to be true?  I think the custom just want to be cautionous.

habitrailspace

i voted NOT to send her home
whatever in her luggage was not threatening
ppl might hv difficulties talking to customs (like scare to talk to police)
she is dumb but that's not a crime (not everyone like Bjai's grandprarents)

samsung

haha... Bruce Ma... must be one of fellow LYKs, look at our poll, we have 11/17 ppl think custom should send her home, so Bruce is one of the 11?

myversa

Some article from the world journal.


處理失當 濫用公權力
Jay Lin

http://van.worldjournal.com/view ... tance=bc_bull_left1

●針對日前台灣婦人被加拿大海關刁難事件，今天看到報紙，竟有一位Bruce Ma先生認為海關處理沒有失當，我認為這位先生的發言十分不妥，而且加拿大海關的確處理失當。

加拿大海關的態度惡劣以及濫用公權力的事件，早已經是時有耳聞，不知道有多少華人受過海關的羞辱，今天一位華裔先生竟然站出來幫海關說話，實在是有胳膊向外彎的感覺。

而且今天這位李姓婦人並未做任何非法之事，簽證既無過期，也未攜帶違禁品，而為何購買單程機票以及為何攜帶多件內衣，實在是她的個人自由，海關根本不須過問，就算真的要搜查，也應該以一個尊重的態度來搜索，而不是任意將她的內衣丟在地上，還要她自行收拾，更不應該不讓李姓婦人連絡她的親友，還沒收她的手機。

今天一位單純的台灣旅客前來加拿大遊玩，竟然要受到此般侮辱，實在是值得我們所有旅加華裔一起站出來為她發聲，並嚴正要求加拿大海關出面為自己無禮的舉止道歉。

tofu

態度衰, all the customs are like that, the HK officers are not good to china mainlander or s e asian either.  
she may be panic, but those are really simple questions that shouldn't be confused.  cousin, friend of friend or sister are totally different ar.  there was a translator, so shouldn't be any communication problem at the end.  
i like to ask my friend to bring back stuffs for me, but not the one who can't speak much english, because just want that person avoid from trouble.
she tried to use the media, but forgot when we dug deeper, we would find her faults too.

myversa

Thai Custom would smile at you if you hand in a passport with dollar bill inside.

superberry

I agree with B仔........... for Grannies that don't speak English, they can wear a tag or label on their chest that say "I don't speak English". Flight Attendants and other airport staffs would take care of them like V.I.P.

Like I said in another thread and B仔's example as well............. if you are waiting for someone in the airport for hours, you would go to custom and check what's going on. If you are very close to that person, you would 擔保 her, just like what my friend did for her friend!

Furthermore, all customs in the world are impolite. That's not something new. If you go to some corrupted countries like Indonesia, you need to put money in your passport when you pass immigration!

B仔

我亞婆亞嫲，冇讀過書，自己搭飛機，都識叫定D空姐帶佢地出去，帶佢地去拿行李，搵翻譯啦～
我地做家人嘅，真係冇辦法同佢地上機，都識同航空公司落定SPECIAL REQUEST啦。

我覺得李小姐有咩不滿，有權去投訴／反映意見
不過而家佢選擇搞大件事，自己都唔顯得好睇得去邊

布小熊

I have met so many people in the past, where you just know they have communication prolbem with their first language, and you would need to repeat the questions 2-3 times before  one would understand the question...!
chobit 發表於 2010-3-18 11:11 AM

ppl who has communication problem (I mean real problem like below average IQ or little kids) should have special arrangement with the airline or someone should travel with them.
It's basically unsafe.

For that woman from Taiwan, I am not sure if I read that her sister is expecting her outside the airport... or now her cousin. so who really is expecting her? And if you are picking up someone who doesn't speak the language, it's better to keep her cell phone on and check with immigration if the waiting time is way too long.

HK immigration is nice to some ppl. try to be a south asian or one from other "high protential country" who look like will illegally extend their stay in HK. They may not be as nice.