An immigration officer tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to a list of terrorist suspects.
He used his access to security databases to include his wife on a watch list of people banned from boarding flights into Britain because their presence in the country is 'not conducive to the public good'.
As a result the woman was unable for three years to return from Pakistain after travelling to the county to visit family.
The tampering went undetected until the immigration officer was selected for promotion and his wife name was found on the suspects' list during a vetting inquiry.
The Home Office confirmed today that the officer has been sacked for gross misconduct.
The incident is likely to raise new questions over levels of efficiency in the UK Border Agency, the organisation formed nearly three years ago by then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to take over all immigration controls.
[Straits Times] THAILAND and Cambodia negotiated an end to deadly fighting on their border on Saturday, both armies said, after at least four people were killed in festivities near a disputed temple.
'Thailand and Cambodia have agreed a ceasefire and both sides will not reinforce their troops,' Thai army front man Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd told AFP after military commanders from both sides met for talks in a border town.
A Cambodian general also confirmed the end to hostilities, but added that the 'situation right now is still tense'.
One Thai soldier was killed in brief morning skirmishes near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, following two hours of heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual light or sporadic fighting... on Friday that left a Cambodian soldier and a Thai civilian dead.
Military sources said a Cambodian civilian who made a living photographing tourists at the temple had also been killed in Friday's clash, although the Cambodian government declined to confirm this.
Reports from the border suggested four captured Thai soldiers were returned following the ceasefire talks. Both sides have reported injured troops.
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Cambodian and Thai troops at the Beehive area near Preah Vihear temple exchanged fire again on Saturday morning.
"The fighting between our Cambodian troops and Thai troops over the beehive area near the Preah Vihear temple has begun again at 6:15 a.m. this morning and lasted for more than an hour," said colonel Darun at Preah Vihear temple.
"Heavy weapons including rockets, machine guns and mortars, artillery have also been used in the exchange fire this morning," he said. One more Thai soldiers were captured in Saturday morning' s clash, bringing the arrested Thais to five.
No immediate report about the deaths and wounds in the clash this morning, he added.
This is the second military clash after the conflict on Feb. 4 between 15:00 to 17:00.
According to the statement issued by the Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in late Friday, the aggression by Thai armed forces on Feb. 4 was also followed by firing of many 130 mm and 155 mm artillery shells which reached as far as 20 kilometers inside Cambodian territory.
"The attack caused many seriously damages to the temple of Preah Vihear, a world heritage, as well as death and injury of more than ten Cambodian troops and villagers," said the statement.
It added that "facing this flagrant aggression, Cambodian troops had no option, but to retaliate in self defense and in order to safeguard Cambodia's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
"Cambodia is sincerely committed to find a peaceful solution with Thailand on the demarcation of the border according to the existing legal documents that both countries must comply with," it said.
Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. Just a week after the enlistment, Cambodia and Thailand have had border conflict due to Thai claim of the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub next to the temple, triggering a military build-up along the border, and periodic clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers have resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
Meanwhile, Kasit Piromya, Thai Foreign Minister said during a press conference in Phnom Penh that he would try his best to mend the ties of both countries.
Kasit said that the clash indicated that the border issue was very sensitive and the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO should handle the disputed issue very carefully.
"The border situation around temple is very sensitive and both sides should restrain."
The relationships between two countries should not be affected by a "minor conflict," Kasit added.
In a related development, Thai army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha made remarks Friday evening that he believed it would take some time for the Thai and Cambodian ties to be back to normalcy, but he supports the peaceful method.
"There is no use to resort to violent means. We have to handle the border issue extremely carefully; otherwise, it will badly affect the business in border provinces, lives of the Thai and the Cambodian people," Gen Prayuth said.
This latest confrontation occurred while Thailand's Foreign Kasit Piromya is in Cambodia for the 7th Joint Commission meeting to discuss with his counterpart the bilateral cooperation on various issues including the border matter.
HT to Weasel Zippers. Of course Janet Incompetano's busy saying "nothing to see here, they were fleeing persecution or something. No terrorists here"
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