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September 7, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-07-2007
NSW: APEC pranksters say police gave them permission

By Paul Carter

SYDNEY, Sept 7 AAP - The Chaser pranksters charged for breaching APEC security with
a bogus motorcade that came close to George W Bush's hotel say police gave them permission.

ABC TV which airs the satirical The Chaser's War on Everything, and the program's producers,
said in a statement last night that the Chaser team had no intention of entering the APEC
restricted zone.

They had no knowledge that they had entered a restricted zone, the statement said.

"The motorcade proceeded down Macquarie Street with the permission of police.

"When the Chaser reached the perimeter of ...

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