11 Dec 2008

Samoa MP Hans Joachim Keil should be back in Samoa before Christmas

11:20 am on 11 December 2008

Samoa MP Hans Joachim Keil should be back in Samoa before Christmas, after a U.S. federal court judge reaffirmed a ruling last week to modify Mr Keil's bail conditions.

Mr Keil's U.S based defense attorney John Kizer says Mr Keil can now travel to any country he wants and he can even return home to Samoa.

He also says that the defense has requested the government to release Mr Keil's passport so that he could leave the United States.

Mr Keil is charged with one count of falsely and willfully representing himself to be a U.S. citizen and one count of willfully and knowingly using and attempting to use a U.S. passport.