Film director Polanski taken into Swiss custody
Author: AP
The organisers say Polanski was detained by police yesterday as he arrived to
attend the film festival.
Zurich police could not immediately confirm the information.
The festival said in a statement that Polanski had travelled to Switzerland to
receive an award for his lifetime of work as a director.
Polanski fled the United States in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to
unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
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