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Radio New Zealand Says Sister Marlena Safe
Radio New Zealand Says Sister Marlena Safe
Radio New Zealand is reporting today that Sister Marlena - whose plight in Dili deeply moved so many in New Zealand last week - is safe and well in her convent with the refugees she has been protecting.
See... East Timor: We Must Keep Hope Alive for more information on Sister Marlena.
Radio New Zealand’s
Kim Hill says she managed to contact Sister Marlena this
morning. She was unwilling to speak on the phone as she
believed it was being listened to but said that she, her
fellow sisters and the refugees she has been providing
sanctuary for in Dili East Timor are
safe.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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