Tent embassy 4 arrested

Four protesters were arrested outside Parliament House last night.

The protesters, part of a tent embassy outside Parliament House to rally against the Government’s proposed new drug laws, were arrested at 7pm after they failed to comply with a directive to move away from inside the legislative precinct. The four were being processed in the watchhouse at Berrimah Police Headquarters last night.

Following the arrests, the tent embassy appeared to be abandoned.

The group had planned to protest for a week from Wednesday night.

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Pubdate: 3rd May 2002
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