 The "South China Morning Post" and "Christian Today" reported that he is now an "easy target" for extremists.On 3 November 2018, he was reported as "having fled" the country, to the Netherlands.Saif-ul-Mulook maintains that the United Nations "kept me for three days and then put me on a plane against my wishes" as he "refused to leave the country without ensuring that his client was out of prison."