The regime Myanmar Embassy in Seoul announced on Tuesday that it will take action against Myanmar nationals in South Korea who extend their stay “using unauthorized stamps” in their passports.

“We have discovered that some passports have been issued with fraudulent stamps. [As a result,] holders of these passports were denied departure at the airport and detained for investigation,” stated the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 25.

It added that it is cooperating with the South Korean authorities to take legal action against Myanmar nationals using “illegal passport stamps.”

The regime issued a similar statement in November, after the National Unity Government (NUG) representative office in South Korea announced that nearly 1,000 Myanmar nationals had renewed their passports through its office.

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice stated last month that it would continue to support migrant workers and students from Myanmar who are unable to extend their passports through the embassy, according to Myanmar activists in South Korea.

The NUG representative in South Korea is Hla Naing Htun. He met with Lee Yong-sun, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, in the capital Seoul on Feb. 25. 

During the meeting, Lee expressed his commitment to collaborating “on Myanmar’s democracy-building efforts.”