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This was reported by the AP as printed in The Daily Yomiuri (Japan), April
17, 1996.

Two Hong Kong men imprisoned in the Philippines for nearly five years on drug
smuggling charges were freed when their convictions were overturned on
appeal.  When they attempted to leave Manila, they were fined by the
Immigration Bureau 50,000 pesos ($1925) for remaining in the Philippines
after their visas had expired.  After the British Embassy pointed out that
the men stayed because they were in prison, the bureau reduced the fine to
28,500 pesons ($1095), claiming it was the fee for clearing up the paperwork.

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