On April 21, youths hurled rocks at the Medan office of the Legal Aid Foundation during a meeting to form a local poll monitoring committee.

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"A north London firm of legal aid solicitors have outwitted the expensive silks of the Home Office, " he said.

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However, Foreign Office lawyers said "it does not operate a legal aid scheme to cover legal expenses for British nationals involved in criminal proceedings abroad, nor does it provide funds in exceptional cases".

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