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REPATRIATED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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LOCAL PRESS REPORTS HONG KONG NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS THAT 4 OF THE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED AT KAI TAK WHEN THE 118 VIETNAMESE WERE REPATRIATED HAVE DEEN DISCOVERED TO HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, LOCAL COMMENTATORS SPECULATE THAT THESE 4 ARE ALSO TO BE REPATRIATED. GGATEFUL FOR FACTS WHICH WOULD ENABLE US TO ANSWER QUESTIONS HERE.

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