Animal 0 Posté(e) le 10 septembre 2006 Three PETA activists deported from Singapore over planned protest Posted: 08 September 2006 2358 hrs SINGAPORE : Three animal rights activists with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been deported. They had planned to hold a demonstration outside a KFC restaurant along Rochor Road. There was no demonstration. PETA's executive director Jason Baker, an American, and 20-year-old Canadian Ashley Fruno had planned to hold a naked demonstration outside the KFC restaurant - wearing just a banner - to protest against what they called the fast food chain's abusive treatment of chickens. In a statement, police said they received a call on Thursday afternoon about suspicious behaviour. When they arrived, they found two banners in the woman's possession. Police said she was reported to have cooped herself in a chicken cage clad in a yellow bikini in Bangkok and went topless outside a KFC outlet in Canada. Separately, police on Friday received another call about a Filipino woman, Astudilo Sonia Gueverra, behaving suspiciously in Bencoolen Street. Based on their profile and records, police assessed they would all be participating as PETA activists in an anti-KFC campaign without a permit. Immigration authorities had cancelled their Social Visit Passes and they were asked to leave Singapore by Friday. At least two of them were believed to have left the country on a flight on Friday at about 3pm. The police statement added it would not allow any individuals or groups whose presence may compromise its security arrangements for the IMF/World Bank meetings. - CNA /ls ---------------------- Thu Sep 7, 2006 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore detained two animal rights activists who were planning a naked demonstration outside a fast-food restaurant and will deport them on Friday, one of the pair told Reuters. Ashley Fruno, a 20-year-old Canadian woman, had planned to protest at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in downtown Singapore on Friday, wearing nothing but a banner reading "Naked Truth: KFC Tortures Chicks." Fruno and Jason Baker, executive director of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), were questioned for nine hours by Singapore police on Thursday, Baker told Reuters. "We were detained for the whole of yesterday and we're going to be deported today," said Baker, a 34-year-old American. "We can confirm that there was such a case," a police official told Reuters. He declined further comment. Baker said the two had been told they would be banned from re-entering Singapore. Public protests are rare in the city-state, which requires a police permit for all outdoors protests and for any gathering of more than four people. Security has been tightened ahead of the IMF-World Bank meetings taking place in Singapore next week. Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
