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...chosen to pursue Fischer more vigorously after all these years. Japan's immigration authorities detained him as he attempted to board a flight from Tokyo to Manila, acting on a letter from the U.S. State Department, which notified them that his passport had been revoked in November 2003. John Bosnitch, a Canadian journalist and consultant in Japan who has founded an organization called the Committee to Free Bobby Fischer, says the U.S.'s invalidation of Fischer's passport did not follow due process because Fischer was not properly notified of the action, nor of his right...
...meantime, Fischer languishes in an immigration detention center in the city of Ushiku, about 50 km from the airport where he was nabbed. Japan's Minister of Justice is expected to rule in the next few weeks on Fischer's appeal against deportation. If the decision goes against Fischer, Bosnitch says his group will launch more legal challenges. They are also trying to get Fischer valid travel documents from a third country, which might prove to be a virtual get-out-of-jail-free card. While requests to a variety of countries for asylum have so far come to nothing...