Nun who angered Duterte wins stay in deportation


Australian nun Patricia Fox smiles inside her house in Manila on June 18, 2018.An Australian nun ordered to leave the Philippines after angering President Rodrigo Duterte, won a reprieve from imminent deportation on June 18 but is still subject to proceedings to kick her out. Sister Patricia Fox, 71, was briefly detained in April after Duterte ordered her arrest, accusing her of political activism that violated the rules of her visa. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS

Manila: An Australian nun ordered to leave the Philippines after angering President Rodrigo Duterte won a reprieve from imminent deportation but is still subject to proceedings to expel her.

Sister Patricia Fox (pic), 71, was briefly detained in April after Duterte ordered her arrest, accusing her of political activism that violated the rules of her visa.

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