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Cycled across 114 countries since start of his tour in 1997
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Police in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland have deported a Chinese cyclist who tried to cross the restive country as part of his worldwide cycling tour, officials said Sunday.
The man, identified as Lee Yue Zhong, said he had cycled across 114 countries since beginning his worldwide tour in 1997.
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He was detained by police at a checkpoint as he entered the Puntland capital of Garowe on his bike from the neighboring breakaway region of Somaliland, said local police commissioner Abdirahman Haji Abshir.
" He told us that he spent almost two weeks between Hargeysa (in Somaliland) and Garowe, but we could not let him continue his trip for security reasons and we deported him to Djibouti "
Police commissioner Abdirahman Haji Abshir
"He told us that he spent almost two weeks between Hargeysa (in Somaliland) and Garowe, but we could not let him continue his trip for security reasons and we deported him to Djibouti," the commissioner said.
Zhong told reporters Saturday in the northern Puntland port of Bossaso that shortly before being deported that he was disappointed with the police's decision to prevent crossing the country.
"It took me two weeks from Hargeysa to here and it was part of my long trip to tour |
Source: AFP, July 19, 2009