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Article: Palau's man in La Canada-Flintridge.(PAGE 3)(Andrew Leeka)(Brief article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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Andrew Leeka is used to getting calls at 3 a.m. on his cell phone. Most have nothing to do with his being president of Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. They usually relate to his other major position in life: honorary consul general of the tiny Pacific island of Palau.
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Palau was in the news recently because it agreed to temporarily take in 17 Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs who have been held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
Leeka got a number of calls about the Uighurs, all of them supportive. Usually, Leeka handles more common consular duties: He would have to deal with the death of ...