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Article: 4th Ld: Police detain foreigners for displaying "Free Tibet" banners near Olympic venue
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 6, 2008
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4th Ld: Police detain foreigners for displaying "Free Tibet"
banners near Olympic venue
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four foreigners, three men and one
woman, were detained by Beijing police on Wednesday for displaying
"Free Tibet" banners, said Beijing police department officials.
The four gathered at around 5:47 a.m. at the Beichen Overpass
near the National Stadium, or Bird's Nest, in Chaoyang District. Two
men climbed up two electricity poles to display the banners, said a
police official.
One banner was written with large black letters "One World One
Dream Free Tibet", and another banner with "Tibet will be free" in
English and "Free Tibet" in Chinese.
The police rushed to the scene ...