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Flavio Bolsonaro says Brazil federal police asked for his passports

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Flavio Bolsonaro says Brazil federal police asked for his passports

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - ‌Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Monday that the country's federal police had requested ​that ‌he turn in his passports following a visit ‌to his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The senator, who was defeated on Sunday by ‌President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff vote, said he intended to comply with the request, denying he planned to flee the country ⁠after the election.

The younger Bolsonaro claimed, without providing ‌evidence, that the police ⁠request was based on a ruling from Supreme ​Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Brazil's top court and federal police did not immediately reply ​to comment requests.

"I was ordered right on ​the ‌street to hand over my passports, and I'm ​also prohibited from leaving the country," Bolsonaro ⁠said in a social media video.

He ‌added Moraes' ​ruling was based on remarks ​from his younger brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, who said on a podcast last week that Flavio should leave the country if he lost the ‌runoff election to Lula.

Lula won a historic fourth term in Sunday's election in a surprise ‌result that ​defied polls. Bolsonaro refused to accept defeat and said he would ask for the result to be annulled.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Fernando Cardoso; ‌Editing by Andre Romani and Brendan O'Boyle)

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