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KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police raided the house of a senior opposition leader instrumental in organizing anti-government protests and arrested him Wednesday, two days after he was freed by the Supreme Court on similar charges, officials said.
Krishna Sitaula, spokesman for the Nepali Congress party, was picked up from his home in downtown Katmandu and detained for three months under the Public Security Act, a government notice said.
Sitaula was arrested as a preventive measure and because he was considered a threat to public safety, said an official at the district administration office that ordered the arrest. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
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