Thursday, August 30, 2007

APEC Draws Exclusion List

The New South Wales Police Minister, David Campbell, says people on an exclusion list for the APEC week will know they are banned from certain areas in Sydney.

Mr Campbell says when police finish compiling the list they will contact the individuals and tell them they are not allowed to enter the restricted APEC zones.

Roads will be closed within restricted zones and police will have more power to search people.

The Minister says people on the list have a record of violence and trouble-making at major events.

"We know that there are people, for example, who can be excluded from the Sydney Cricket Ground because they create too much grief at a sporting event," he said.

"I'm not saying that they're the people on the list but those people who are on the list, they'll know who they are because they've done this sort of thing before.

"But equally, police will be contacting them and saying, 'We believe that you are an excluded person'."

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