Sandhu

MEMORANDUM *

Nirmal Singh Sandhu, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a final *289 order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under Section 106(a) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), as amended by Section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996) (“IIRIRA”). See IIRIRA § 309(c)(4); Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We deny the petition for review.

We must uphold the BIA’s decision if it is supported by substantial evidence. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). To obtain reversal of a BIA decision, a petitioner must show that the evidence not only supports reversal, but compels it. Id., n. 1. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we will not recount them except as necessary.

We conclude that substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Sandhu did not establish that he suffered from past persecution. Sandhu was never detained, interrogated, or harmed by the…