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Fri, 2011-07-01 02:18
The 48-year-old Malaysian actress arrived in the country's main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist. In her first comment on the deportation, Yeoh said Thursday that she was "shocked and terribly saddened by the action."
She said she harbors no ill will and remains fond of Myanmar and its people. Yeoh said she was treated "cordially" by officials in Yangon but wasn't given a reason for her deportation. The star of films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," “Memoirs of a Geisha" and the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" was making a "private trip as a tourist.
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