Rahman

MEMORANDUM

Sk Mahbubur Rahman, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. *431 §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). 3 We deny the petition for review.

We review for an abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of asylum and for substantial evidence factual determinations, including the determination that the applicant has not established eligibility for asylum. Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1061 (9th Cir.1993). We will uphold the decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Id. We review de novo alleged due process violations in deportation proceedings. Hartooni v. INS, 21 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1994).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Rahman did not present “credible, direct, and specific evidence” to support a reasonable fear of persecution on account of his political opinion. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1428 (9th Cir.1995) (internal quotation omitted). Rahman did not “demonstrate that any…