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The Government has given 28 teachers at the Umm al Qura Islamic school and their 22 dependents until Saturday to leave, after breaking up its parent organisation, Umm al Qura, a non-governmental group working for the minority Cham Muslims of Cambodia. The order followed the arrest in Cambodia of the Umm al Qura chief and two colleagues, charged with links to Jemaah Islamiyah, the South-East Asian extremist group suspected in last year's bombings in Bali, Indonesia, that killed 202 people. A police official said 33 of the 50 people on the blacklist left on Thursday and Friday. Another 11 have confirmed their plans to leave later on Friday, leaving only six who have not told the police when they want to go, he said. ``If they fail to leave by that time (Saturday morning), we will gather them at one place and deport them. Being deported they will be permanently barred from Cambodia,'' he said. The undecided six are from Sudan, Pakistan and Albania, he said. On Thursday, the police shut down the school and its 599 students were told to go back home though it is not clear if the school or any of its teachers and students had any links with terrorism. On Wednesday, a Cambodian court charged Umm al Qura chief, Esam Mohammed Khidr Ali, of Egypt, and his two Thai colleagues with international terrorism and links to Jemaah Islamiyah. If convicted they face up to life in jail. The police official said two branches of Umm al Qura in Kandal and Kampong Chhnang provinces had also been closed but no more arrests were made. The Government says it cracked down on Umm al Qura because of suspicion that it was hiding foreign terrorists who were plotting to cause trouble during the June 16-21 ASEAN Regional Forum meetings of Cabinet Ministers and other officials from 23 countries, including the United States. In a live radio broadcast on Thursday, The Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen, said there was ``enough evidence'' about terrorists hiding in Phnom Penh. — AP
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