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> Olympic protesters asked to leave China
> Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - 8/13/2008 4:00:00 AM
> Three Americans who had been arrested last week by Chinese authorities
> for praying and protesting in Tiananmen Square are now back on U.S.
> soil.
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> The three were holding a press conference in Tiananmen Square to bring
> attention to the plight of Chinese Christians and others imprisoned
> for practicing their faith. Suddenly, plainclothes police arrived,
> pushed the media out of the way, and dragged the three off the Square
> and arrested them.
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> Pat Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, was one of
> the three arrested. On the Fox News Channel, Pastor Mahoney said after
> being interrogated, they were ordered to leave at their own expense.
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> "[The police] actually said, 'You have to leave China now.' We said,
> 'We didn't do anything wrong.' They said, 'You have to pay 3,000
> dollars for tickets.' We said, 'A, we don't have the money and, B, we
> wouldn't pay a penny because we didn't do anything wrong.' Then they
> said, 'If you do not pay, you will have to go to jail for an extended
> period of time.' We said, 'We're not paying, put us in jail,'" Mahoney
> recounts.
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> The three landed at Newark International Airport Sunday morning