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French Lawyer Detained in Kuala Lumpur
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French Lawyer Detained in Kuala Lumpur

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Jul 23, 2011
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William Bourdon, a French lawyer working for the human rights group Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) as the leader of a Paris-based team investigating allegations of massive kickbacks to Malaysian and French officials in the US$1 billion sale of submarines to Malaysia, was taken off a plane Friday at Kuala Lumpur International Airport by immigration offic…

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