Claims that American actor Wesley Snipes carried a South African passport will be investigated, the department of home affairs said on Friday.
The Star newspaper has handed documents to the department about the matter.
Home affairs spokesperson Leslie Mashokwe said the department would respond to the holding and questioning of Snipes at Johannesburg International Airport on June 1 when he tried to leave South Africa after a visit.
The Star on Friday published a picture apparently of Snipes' South African passport, with a story that the newspaper had documents which showed Snipes had missed an Air France flight to Switzerland while being questioned.
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He was later allowed to board a Kenya Airways flight to Geneva.
The South African passport - issued in 2003 - showed Snipes' place of birth as the United States and the identity number correctly reflected his birth date as July 31, 1962. However, when tested on the department of home affairs' website, the ID number was found to be invalid.
Mashokwe said Snipes had been interviewed and then allowed to proceed through immigration and was not arrested or held.
He did not know why Snipes was interviewed and why he was allegedly in possession of a South African passport.
"As soon as we are able to authenticate the information from The Star we will be able to give a response," Mashokwe said. - Sapa
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