Two newly married Valencians, Daniel Cuesta and his wife Mireia, stay detained without passport in Singapore hotelwhere they celebrated the first part of their honeymoon. They were intercepted at the airport while trying to fly to Bali. Two men dressed in black suits, not police officers, had their visas confiscated for posing with a banner against the largest shareholder of the Valencia Football Club, Peter Limand for putting a sticker on the door of his house.
According to Tribuna Deportiva and ABC, the two Spaniards, isolated in a hotel, the costs of which are borne by the injured, posed with a banner with the motto ‘Lim comes home’ at the door of the Abelia Hotel, what they thought was simply a building owned by the Singaporean tycoon, but which was actually his usual residence.
In addition to displaying the now popular yellow banner, common during soccer matches held at Mestalla, they also placed a small sticker with the inscription “Lim out” on one of the doors of the hotel complex. Two acts of protest which earned them detention in one of the most inflexible countries in terms of vandalism, even flogging.
According to the official information that this newspaper was able to obtain, the Government Delegation to the Valencian Community and the Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe European Union and Cooperation, through the Spanish Embassy in Singapore, have already taken an interest in the case and are working to obtain more details and provide the attention and assistance that each compatriot needs outside the territory national.
As detailed by the couple’s entourage, both have been detained in Singapore since last Friday and it will be this Tuesday that they will have to declare themselves without even knowing the alleged crimes of which they are accused.
In this regard, Lim’s opposition association in Valencia, Freedom VCFexpressed solidarity with those detained and declared that they were isolated “for peacefully exercising their right of expression”, for which he demanded “the immediate intervention of the political and diplomatic authorities of Spain to protect their rights , freedoms, integrity and dignity”. At the same time, he described the situation Daniel and his wife are experiencing as “abuse” and they claim it is “orchestrated” by Peter Lim himself.
