In this situation, Mr Khatami's aides want him to stand - not automatically but in response to public demand because people need and want him and fear the consequences if he does not.

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Police had been called to the home after Mr Thompson reported Mr Pak was threatening him and banging on windows, but they left when the teenager told them he did not fear his landlord.

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Eventually he left her, and when she followed him in order to demand why, he would not allow her in to his hotel room for fear of germs.

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