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FundamentalistTue Oct 6 · 9:10 PM ET · Bitcoin Magazine

AMIR TAAKI SAYS SINGAPORE POLICE QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT HIS WORK — THEN DEPORTED HIM — SINGAPORE HAS GIVEN NO REASON

Amir Taaki says Singapore police questioned him for six hours on October 6, 2026, then deported him. His words on X: “Just got questioned for 6 hours by glow police then deported from Singapore. Everything about what I work on.” Singapore has given no reason, and Bitcoin Magazine cites no official statement. Taaki made his name in bitcoin privacy and now works on DarkFi, a crypto privacy protocol.

He says it keeps happening. In the past year, he says, he was deported from Argentina and Mexico and detained in Serbia and Japan. “I am on a list but I am not able to find any info about which country has sanctioned me.” Every one of those claims is his. No government has explained any of them.

That is the method worth noticing. No charge, no court date, no stated reason, only a border that closes. A state that cannot name a crime does not need one to stop a man from traveling, and by his account the questions were about the software he writes. At the time of this writing, bitcoin was $85,460

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Bitcoin Magazine · TUE OCT 6 · 9:10 PM ET
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