71.   His overnight departure triggered a major controversy, as well as press suggestions that China had been handed the names of Hong Kong people holding foreign passports.

72.   In his appeal, lodged last week, he admitted holding the passports but pleaded not guilty because they were blank.

73.   Alunan presented Anees and five other foreign men holding Pakistani passports at a news conference on Tuesday.

74.   Another Lebanese minister also confirmed the arrest of Japanese nationals holding false passports.

75.   China does not accept dual nationality, saying Hong Kong Chinese who hold foreign passports may retain them for use merely as travel documents.

76.   China has already said Hong Kong people holding these passports would be considered Chinese nationals.

77.   China has said that candidates cannot hold passports of other nations.

78.   Cornish said that this would apply to Hong Kong people holding British passports who faced problems while in Hong Kong or China.

79.   Egyptian Islamic militant groups have accused Croatia of extraditing Kassem, who has political asylum in Denmark and holds its passport, to Egypt.

80.   The Russian-speaking gang were understood to hold German passports but there was confusion about their origins.