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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 22 May 2019

Ex-Philippine judge says she was held at Hong Kong airport

By JIM GOMEZ telephone while waiting for
Associated Press her flight back to Manila.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) She said she and her fam-
— A former Philippine Su- ily did not want to take the
preme Court justice who risk of being subjected to
accused Chinese President further scrutiny.
Xi Jinping of crimes against A Hong Kong immigration
humanity before the In- official who spoke on con-
ternational Criminal Court dition of anonymity in order
said she was barred for to discuss a specific immi-
hours Tuesday from enter- gration case said Carpio-
ing Hong Kong. Morales had been admit-
Conchita Carpio-Morales ted to Hong Kong.
said she was stopped by After flying back to Manila
immigration authorities and with her family late Tues-
was held in a room at Hong day, Carpio-Morales told
Kong's airport for about four reporters she had repeat-
hours and ordered to take edly asked Hong Kong air-
a flight back to Manila. She port authorities why she
had planned to take a va- was denied entry but was
cation for five days in Hong told only that it was be-
Kong with her husband, cause of unspecified "immi-
son, daughter-in-law and In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Philippine Supreme Court justice Conchita Carpio-Morales lis- gration reasons."
two grandchildren, who tens to a question during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. Carpio-Morales, 77, is a re-
were all allowed entry. Associated Press spected former Supreme
Hong Kong airport and im- Court associate justice and
migration officials later told ceed with her trip to Hong return home because of jected to this kind of humili- head of the Ombudsman,
her "there was a mistake" Kong, but she and her fam- the incident, she said. ation," Carpio-Morales told a special anti-corruption
and that she could pro- ily had already decided to "I have never been sub- The Associated Press by agency. q

Official count shows Widodo reelected as Indonesian leader

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Gen. Prabowo Subianto. nation, is an outpost of
Indonesian President Joko Tens of thousands of police democracy in a South-
Widodo has been elected officers and soldiers were east Asian neighborhood
for a second term, official on high alert in Jakarta, the of authoritarian govern-
results showed, in a victory capital, anticipating pro- ments and is forecast to be
over a would-be strong- tests from Subianto's sup- among the world's biggest
man who aligned himself porters. The Election Com- economies by 2030. A sec-
with Islamic hard-liners mission's headquarters in ond term for Widodo, the
and vowed Tuesday to central Jakarta were barri- first Indonesian president
challenge the result in the caded with razor wire and from outside the Jakarta
country's highest court. heavily guarded. elite, could further cement
Official counting was com- Declaring victory, Widodo the country's two decades
pleted just before midnight said he and his running of democratization.
and the Election Commis- mate, conservative cleric Widodo's campaign high-
sion announced the formal Ma'ruf Amin, "will be the lighted his progress in pov-
result early Tuesday. It said president and vice presi- erty reduction and improv-
Widodo won 55.5% of the dent of all the people in In- ing Indonesia's inadequate Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center left, and his running
mate Ma'ruf Amin gesture as they pose for photographers after
vote in the April 17 election donesia." infrastructure with new declaring their victory in the country's presidential election, at
to 45.5% for his challeng- Indonesia, the world's most ports, toll roads, airports a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
er, ultra-nationalist former populous Muslim-majority and mass rapid transit.q Associated Press