MALACANANG on Wednesday admitted that the Bureau of Immigration (BI) committed a mistake by arresting an Australian nun for alleged "political activities and anti-government demonstrations."

In a television interview, Palace spokesman Harry Roque said that there was a law prohibiting all foreigners to participate in any form of political activities in the country but added that there must have been a mistake in the case of the  Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox.

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