Foreigners deported for illegal protest

FOUR foreigners, two Americans and two British nationals, were ordered to leave China “within a prescribed time limit” after displaying “Free Tibet” banners near an Olympic venue in Beijing yesterday, local police said.

Two were expected to leave yesterday night and the other two today.

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 carried large black letters “One World One Dream Free Tibet,” and another banner with “Tibet will be free” in English and “Free Tibet” in Chinese.
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