Malaysia deports Timor activists

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia yesterday deported nearly all the foreign activists detained after the break up of a controversial conference…

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia yesterday deported nearly all the foreign activists detained after the break up of a controversial conference on East Timor. The foreign activists, including two Catholic bishops Bishop Aloisuis Nobuo Somo (80) of Nagoya in Japan and Bishop Hilton Deakin of Melbourne in Australia - were detained by police after the meeting was broken up.

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