GEORGE TOWN – After 14 days in in detention, Frenchman Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann, his live-in partner, Leonie Bardet de Lestang, and their three children have been deported this morning despite their appeals.
Sources told The Vibes that they have been blacklisted and will not be permitted to re-enter Malaysia.
Daillet-Wiedemann’s business partner, Amor Adjal, said he was told by the Belantik immigration detention centre in Sik, Kedah, last week that the couple and their children would be deported today.
However, their lawyers said an appeal has been made on the deportation order.
An international arrest warrant was issued on April 21, last year for Daillet-Wiedemann over allegations of influencing the kidnapping of an 8-year-old girl in France. He was accused of orchestrating it from the comfort of his home in Langkawi, Kedah.
Meanwhile, their travel visas expired on May 21 after the French embassy denied the couple supporting letters to extend their stay. They were arrested for overstaying on May 30.
They are currently in transit in Singapore.
Leonie Bardet, who is six months’ pregnant, has three children under her care, aged 17, 9 and 2.
An international arrest warrant was issued by a French magistrate and Interpol was called in to liaise with the Malaysian police on his arrest.
After a month-long investigation, Interpol and the Malaysian police arrested the couple at their condominium in Laguna, Langkawi.
Daillet-Wiedemann, a former French politician, has been described by French media as a far-right conspiracist, who subscribes to the QAnon movement.
He is also alleged to have committed sedition by encouraging the French working class to overthrow the present duly-elected government there.
Meanwhile, Amor is worried about Bardet’s condition as he believes she has nothing to do with Daillet-Wiedemann’s case and does not subscribe to his religious and political views.
“It is sad that the powers behind this are heartless, making a woman experiencing high-risk pregnancy fly even though she had a letter from her doctor.
“I spoke with her gynaecologist in Penang, and he said that he had sent a letter to the French embassy stating that Bardet cannot fly or risk a miscarriage.
“When I asked him to send a copy of the same letter to me, he said I should be careful and referred me to the French embassy to get the letter instead.”
Efforts to contact the Kedah immigration office were unsuccessful. – The Vibes, June 13, 2021
Additional reporting by Ian McIntyre
