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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                        (Auckland, New Zealand)
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For Immediate Release                                 September 13, 1999

Statement by the Press Secretary

The President is deeply concerned about the imprisonment of the Canadian journalist Murray Hiebert in Malaysia. Putting a journalist in jail for doing his job undermines the press freedoms that play such a critical role in building a democratic society.

We will continue to monitor developments in this case closely.

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