UPDATED FRI 28 AUG 2009Is Serhani really heading for NZ? - Click here
Original Story
NZ media reports Serhani in New Zealand
UPDATE Wednesday 26 August 2009
Cairns Post - Thomas Chamberlain : Full story
Accused conman loves life on the run
FALSE Arab prince and alleged conman Abdelkarim Serhani, who fled Australia while on bail over a $42,000 fraud at Hamilton Island, is back living the high life at resorts overseas. - full story
Editors note : We also received a tip off Saturday (22 Aug) that Serhani was in Papua New Guinea, however we did not report it as we were unable to confirm it.
The French Department of Foreign Affairs is now also following this story, so Serhani will have great difficulty trying to obtain a French passport again.
Whitsundays Online
Thanks to our informants in Indonesia, Australia and Thailand, we have been advised that the Fake Arab Prince, Abdelkarim Serhani, is still in Indonesia, in the vicinity of Bali.
In the past couple of days he has attempted to get a new passport form the French Consulate in Bali, and the French embassy in Jakarta. Indonesian Police feel that they do not have to take an interest in this matter as it is an immigration issue, not a justice issue.
Interpol have requested the arrest of Mr Serhani via any of the International Police organizations that are affiliated with Interpol, via a warrant from the Queensland Police (Australia).
Serhani attempted to convince this editior (via email, under an alias, almost a week ago) to say that he was a hero after saving a child from being hit by a train: "Mohammed was walking along a railway line in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia, and that the story was published by Al Jazeera TV."
We did not run this story as the Australian Representative for Al Jazeera did not confirm the story, and the email, while with a Belgium email address, originated from Indonesia.
In the same correspondence, the source said that in the past month, Serhani had been to the Middle East and South Africa . . . we believe this to be also false.
If Interpol would like our assistance is helping track down Mr Serhani, then please contact us. Thank you to all our informants for sending in updates, and also to Mr Serhani for his fake "Hero Telegram'.
As you can tell, we are reporting on a very, very disturbed person.
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