FED: Nine network crew to be deported from East Timor = 3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-1999
FED: Nine network crew to be deported from East Timor = 3

Mr Carleton's wife, Sharon, said she had spoken to her husband and he and the crew were
safe and well.

"We got a phone call last night. It was just to reassure us that they were all right," Ms
Carleton said.

"They were at the hotel expecting to leave the country at midday.

"But he was going to speak to the colonel (at Dili) to see if he could get the decision
reversed."

She said he appeared to be very calm about the situation.

"He sounded fine. He chatted with his son about his soccer scores and all that," she said.

"He knows the country and he's been travelling to and from Indonesia for years."

Her husband would avoid anything that risked the lives of his crew, she said.

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KEYWORD: TIMOR DETAIN D/L 3 CANBERRA (REOPENS)

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