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The Oyster travel card in London maybe a bit more than just a device for convenience according to Suspect Paki. “If you register your Oyster Card, the police can, without your knowledge, determine the extent of all your London Transport wanderings.”
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Suspect Paki has high standards for British justice.
If a rape victim cannot produce four witnesses in Pakistan, she can go to trial for illicit fornication. The penalty for being raped can be death by stoning.