61.   Asked whether Japan would take similar steps, Nakane said only that Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama would raise the matter with Chirac when he visits Paris later this year.

62.   Because the case raised matters of legal and constitutional importance, Speaker Betty Boothroyd asked the courts to decide whether Jones should be allowed back into Parliament.

63.   Bush raised the matter and was told by Qian that the woman may not have known she violated Chinese law, according to the senior U.S. official.

64.   Canadian External Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, on an official visit to Israel, said Tuesday he raised the matter with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy.

65.   Constitutional Development Minister Valli Moosa said Thursday he would be raising the matter with Justice Minister Dullah Omar.

66.   De Klerk said he would raise the matter in talks with Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Prime Minister Paul Keating this week.

67.   Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim requested that the matter be raised at the forthcoming Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers meeting.

68.   Dlamini said he never raised the matter again and refused several later requests by police to repeat his original statement because it had been ignored at his trial.

69.   First to raise the matter was Lim, who is also DAP deputy secretary-general.

70.   Furthermore, he said, the prosecution had proved that the matter was never raised by Abdul Rahman or the late Chief Minister at the State Exco meetings.