INTRODUCTION
This is the Reading component of the
UNPOL Combined Language Assessment.You will be given a Reading comprehension text containing the mission-related story.
You will also receive a Question paper
containing ten questions related to this story, and a paper for taking notes. Please read the text carefully. You may
wish to highlight the most important elements of the story, and also to make
any marks on it in any language you want.
You are requested to produce answers to
the 10 questions in the Question sheet. You
do not need to write full sentences to answer questions. However, only the complete answer could be
scored as a correct one. After responding to the questions we suggest you copy
the most important information to your own notes. You will need those notes for
the second part of UNPOL Combined Language Assessment. Both the text and the
question papers will remain face down until you are asked to start. You will
have 20 minutes for the exercise. The instructor will indicate when these 20
minutes starts. You will be informed when it is 5 minutes left and when it is 1
minute left. After 20 minutes, both the Reading text and the Questions
sheet will be taken from you. Your
personal notes will remain with you for future use at the Report Writing
component of UNPOL Combined Language Assessment.
Good Luck!
FIRST PART of
CLA (Reading)
PATROL REPORT
At 01: 30 hrs on 02 October 2011, the
Emergency Response Unit received a phone call from an unidentified person that
there was a robbery at the Lover
Road Seventh Street
FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1
At 02:05 hrs the police checked the Seventh Street
FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2
The police officers interviewed Mr.
Bob Rocky, 25 years old, mobile phones sales manager, bachelor, who stated that
he had lived in the building at the Lover Road 200 a month, plus utilities.
To reduce the expenses, he shares the building with his friend Emanuel Gibson.
On 01 October 2011, he came home early, at 18:00 hrs. He was tired. That’s why
he had his dinner, watched TV and went to bed around 22:00 hrs. He did not know
what time it was when he was awakened by a noise. He heard some heavy blows to
the front door and some angry voices in the hall. He got up from his bed, and
in that moment the door to his room opened and two masked guys, one tall and
one short rushed into. The tall guy kicked him in the stomach, and the short
one asked, “Where’s your money?” Mr. Rocky answered that he had no cash with
him. Then the tall guy grabbed 4 mobile phones which Mr. Rocky brought home from
his office, and they left the room. Few minutes later he heard some shots, he did
not remember how many. According to Mr. Rocky, he sustained no hard injuries.
FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3
In his interview to the police Mr.
Emanuel Gibson, 26, unemployed, divorced, stated that on 01 October 2011, he
came home rather later, approximately at 23:00. There was an interesting movie
on TV that night. The incident happened just after the movie was over, that’s
why he remembered the exact time – 01:00 hrs. He heard that somebody knocked on
the door. He asked who was there, but there was no reply. At that moment
somebody kicked the door. The plywood-made door crushed down, and several
masked men entered the hall. One of them, a very tall guy, who looked like a
real basketball player, made a sign for two of them to head for Bob’s room. He
also ordered two others to search the room. Then the “basketball player” came
up to Mr. Gibson and demanded he give all the cash he had. Mr. Gibson replied
that he had been out of work for three months and he had no money. Then the
robbers took his laptop. There was no violence against him. They were leaving
the house when a neighbour, James, appeared in the front door. He had a machete
in his hand. The “basketball player” took a gun out from his coat and fired
twice. James fell down and the criminals ran out of the building. A few minutes
later other neighbours came and rendered him medical aid.
FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4
Mr. Joshua Smuggle, 45, housekeeper,
who lives close to the place of the incident, stated to the police that night,
around 01:00 hrs he was ready to go to bed when he heard firearm shots. He came
to the window and saw some males leaving the neighbor’s house. He understood
that something had happened. He went out of home and saw his another neighbor,
James, lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
FIRST PART
of CLA (Reading)
QUESTION
PAPER - A
Family Name:……………………….…...First
Name:……………. Test Serial
#:………….
Country:…………………………… Date:……………………
Q 1. On what date and at what time were the police informed about
the crime?
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Q 2. What was the date and time
of the crime?
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Q 3. What was the location of the
incident?
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Q 4. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
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Q 5. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
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Q 6.
What did
the criminal leader look like?
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Q 7. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
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Q 8. How did the criminals get into the house?
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Q 9. What did the criminals take from the victims?
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Q 10. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
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QUESTION
AND ANSWERS - A
Q 1. On what date and at what
time were the police informed about the crime?
On 2 October
2011 at 1.30 hrs
Q 2. What was the date and time
of the crime?
2 October 2011, 1.00 hrs
Q 3. What was the location of the
incident?
Building
near the Lover Road Main Junction
Q 4. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
No
Q 5. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
No
Q 6. What did the criminal leader
look like?
Very tall, wearing the mask.
Q 7. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
They wear masks
Q 8. How did the criminals get into the house?
They kicked the door
Q 9. What did the criminals take from the victims?
Four mobile phones and a laptop
Q 10. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
James
QUESTION
PAPER - B
Family Name:…………………….…...First
Name:……………………Test Serial #:………….
Country:………………………… Date:……………………
Q 1. How did the criminals get into the house?
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Q 2. What did the criminals take from the victims?
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Q 3. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
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Q 4. On what date and at what time were
the police informed about the crime?
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Q 5. What was the date and time
of the crime?
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Q 6. What was the location of the
incident?
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Q 7. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
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Q 8. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
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Q 9.
What did
the criminal leader look like?
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Q 10. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
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QUESTION
AND ANSWERS - B
Q 1. How did the criminals get into the house?
They kicked the door
Q 2. What did the criminals take from the victims?
Four mobile phones and a laptop
Q 3. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
James
Q 4. On what date and at what
time were the police informed about the crime?
On 2 October
2011 at 1.30 hrs
Q 5. What was the date and time
of the crime?
2 October 2011, 1.00 hrs
Q 6. What was the location of the
incident?
Building
near the Lover Road Main Junction
Q 7. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
No
Q 8. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
No
Q 9. What did the criminal leader
look like?
Very tall, wearing the mask.
Q 10. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
They wear masks
QUESTION
PAPER - C
Family Name:……………………….…...First
Name:………………Test Serial #:………….
Country:…………………… Date:……………………
Q 1. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
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Q 2.
What did
the criminal leader look like?
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Q 3. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
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Q 4. How did the criminals get into the house?
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Q 5. What did the criminals take from the victims?
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Q 6. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
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Q 7. On what date and at what time were the police informed about
the crime?
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Q 8. What was the date and time
of the crime?
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Q 9. What was the location of the
incident?
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Q 10. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
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QUESTION
AND ANSWERS - C
Q 1. Were the criminals detained
by the police?
No
Q 2.
What did
the criminal leader look like?
Very tall, wearing the mask.
Q 3. What did the criminals do to prevent them from being
identified?
They wear masks
Q 4. How did the criminals get into the house?
They kicked the door
Q 5. What did the criminals take from the victims?
Four mobile phones and a laptop
Q 6. What was the name of the hospitalized
person?
James
Q 7. On what date and at what
time were the police informed about the crime?
On 2 October
2011 at 1.30 hrs
Q 8. What was the date and time
of the crime?
2 October 2011, 1.00 hrs
Q 9. What was the location of the
incident?
Building
near the Lover Road Main Junction
Q 10. Did the victims of the
robbery sustain hard injuries?
No
Second Part
of CLA (Report Writing)
INTRODUCTION
This is the Audio component of the UNPOL
Combined Language Assessment. The Audio is divided into two parts. In the first
part you will hear a script concerning the mission-related topic you have just
read about – it will be introduced as the Narrative.
In the second part of the Audio, you will hear a conversation between two
people who will talk about the same mission-related topic – it will be
introduced as the Dialogue.
Take careful
notes of both the Narrative and the Dialogue. Pay attention to the important
facts and key information and record them on the sheets of paper you were
given. You will hear the recording only
one time.
Once the
Narrative and Dialogue are finished, you will be asked to use your notes from both the Reading
You will have
30 minutes to produce a report. The instructor will indicate when these 40
minutes starts. You will be informed when it is 5 minutes left and when it is 1
minute left.
Good Luck!
NARRATIVE
With reference to the armed robbery
on Lover Road
Mr. Brown stated that he spent the
evening of 01 October 2011 at home, preparing for his classes for the next day.
He was tired and he decided to watch a movie. The movie was over, close to
01:00 hrs, when he heard some strange noises coming from the street. He walked
out to his balcony and saw that five persons were breaking his neighbours’
door. He even managed to notice that three of them were tall, and one of them –
very tall, while two others were quite short. They had masks on their faces.
Mr. Brown decided to help his
neighbours Bob and Emanuel, whom he knew very well. He decided to take a
machete from his closet, which he usually used to cut grass and bushes around
his house. That was the only weapon he had at his disposal. He ran out into the
street and approached the neighbour’s house. Through the open door he saw the
robbers putting something which looked like a computer into a bag. The robbers
were apparently ready to leave the house, when Mr. Brown screamed and rushed
into the building. One of the tall robbers took a shotgun and fired twice. The
first one he shot at the ceiling, and the second one at Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown
felt a strike in his upper chest and fell down unconscious.
He came to consciousness later on in
the Kennedy Hospital
DIALOGUE
Police
Officer: Mr. Brown, I’m glad
to see you are in a good state of health and a good mood. I’m sorry to disturb
you while you are recovering here in the Kennedy Hospital
Mr.
Brown: My name is James
Brown. I am 22. I am a student. I live at the Lover Road
Junction. Put your questions forward please and remember that I have a very
good memory. Everything that I will tell you, will be 100 % truth.
Police
Officer: OK. Mr. Brown, please
tell me what happened that night?
Mr.
Brown: I spent the evening
of 01 October 2011 home. I had a workshop the next morning and I had to prepare
for it. Late in the evening I felt tired and I decided to relax. I found that
there was a good old comedy on TV and I watched it. When the film was over I
heard some noise which seemed suspicious.
Police
Officer: What time was that?
Mr.
Brown: One o’clock a.m.
The movie had just finished. So I went to my balcony. I had a good view from
there and saw that five people were breaking down my neighbours, Bob and
Emanuel’s door.
Police
Officer: Did you have a chance
to see their faces?
Mr.
Brown: No. They were in
masks. The only thing I could notice was that three of them were rather tall,
and one of them enormously tall, while two others very short.
Police
Officer: And what did you do
after that?
Mr.
Brown: I decided to help
my friends. I couldn’t go there with bare hands, let’s face it, there were five
of them. That’s why I ran to my closet where I keep all household tools and
took my machete. I usually use it to clean the grass in my yard. Then I ran to
the neighbours’ house. The door was opened and I saw that some of them were
packing Emanuel’s laptop. For sure, they were disappointed with their booty.
Those guys are not rich. I realized they would leave the house in a few
moments, and I could do nothing but attack. I screamed and rushed into the
house. The last thing I saw was the barrel of the single-barrel shotgun which
that very tall guy took out from his coat. Then I saw a flash from the barrel.
He shot somewhere on the ceiling. He might have wanted to scare me. But I’m not
the kind of guy who gets scared of robbers. Then there was another flash. The
last thing I remember was a pain in my upper chest.
Police
Officer: When did you return
to consciousness?
Mr.
Brown: In the hospital.
The doctors extracted a bullet from my upper right chest.
Police
Officer: Mr. Brown, you
suffered badly for the sake of justice. What would you do the next time you’re
in a similar situation?
Mr.
Brown: If my friends or
relatives are in danger, I will not hesitate not even a second to come to their
rescue. This is without doubt.
COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT
TEST # 2
FIRST PART
of CLA (Reading)
On
15 May 2003 investigation officer Mustapha Samaure
ID # 13560 of the LNP station # 2, Botota
Town received a telephone call from the chief of the boarder-crossing
checkpoint # 5. The caller, Laurent Agastey asked
the investigation officer to come to the boarder crossing immediately. On
arrival at the checkpoint investigation officer saw a big truck registration
number 376 KS 941 and the ambulance.
The officer Laurent explained,
that this day at 12:15 hrs, officers from unit were on regular duty stopped a
big truck, leaving the country to check the cargo documents. The driver of the
truck a 42-year old male, 178 cm tall, muscular built,
dressed in blue jeans, green shirt with short black hair gave necessary
cargo documents. All documents presented to the police were okay. But when one
of the border police officers began checking capacity of the boxes in the truck
he heard a faint groan inside the truck.
At first he did not believe what
he heard, but after some time he heard the same sound again. He asked the
driver of the truck if he had anything illegal in the truck. The driver said
that he did not understand what he was talking about.
The boarder police officers began
removing boxes from the truck. One of the boxes
was heavier than the others and officers decided to open this box. When the
officers opened the box they saw a young woman in this box. She was about 25
years old, dressed in blue and white colored sports
costume and white running shoes. She was unconscious and could not
speak. The border police called for an ambulance. When the ambulance with
registration plate 356 AB 590 arrived the woman was already able to
speak and asked for a glass of water. The doctor
advised that, the woman is not in danger.
The
driver of the truck tried to flee across the border, but was caught by the border
police and arrested. The woman gave the telephone number of her father’s
office as 239-647. The investigation officer called this number and informed
the owner of the trading company about the recovery of his daughter.
Follow Up # 1
After the
preliminary investigation, it was revealed that, father of kidnapped woman was
the owner of the cigarette trading company named “Blend
of freedom”. Two days back at about 08:00 hrs the driver of the
truck had kidnapped her when she was jogging in the
Phebe Park and. It has also revealed that kidnapper also demanded some
money with her father to have his daughter back. The woman could not remember
when and how she was in the truck, because the
kidnapper gave her an injection with a syringe and she fell asleep.
Follow Up
#2
On 16th of May 2003 at 10:30 hrs, the father of the
kidnapped woman came to meet the investigation officer as he was advised to do.
The father told that he had an argument with truck driver for some issues of
transportation few days ago. But he was shocked when he came to know that his
daughter was kidnapped by the same truck driver. He failed to report police as
he was intimidated by the kidnapper.
After taking necessary
information, the investigation officer, Mustapha Samaure
advised him to be calmed and promised to punish the kindapper of his daughter.
The case is
under investigation.
The following conversation is the
dialogue between the Chief of the police station # 2 and the investigation
officer.
Station Commander:
Good afternoon. Please, tell me, what happened at the boarder-crossing
checkpoint.
Investigation officer:
Good afternoon. On 15 May 2003 at 14.30 hrs I received a telephone call
from the chief of the boarder-crossing checkpoint # 5. The caller asked me to
come to the boarder crossing immediately.
Station
Commander: What did you
see on arrival to the checkpoint?
Investigation
officer: I saw a
big truck registration number 376 KS 941 and the
ambulance.
Station
Commander: What happened
then?
Investigation
officer: The chief of the boarder-crossing
checkpoint explained, that this day at 12.15 hrs., they stopped a big truck,
leaving the country to check the cargo documents.
Station Commander:
What cargo was in this truck?
Investigation officer: 2000 big boxes of cigarettes.
Station commander: Describe the truck driver please
Investigation officer: The
driver of the truck was a 42-year old male, 178 cm
tall, with sunglasses, muscular built, with short black hair, dressed in blue
jeans, green shirt and black military style boots.
Station Commander:
Did he have necessary documents?
Investigation officer:
Yes, he did and all documents were OK.
Station Commander:
Continue please.
Investigation officer: When one of
the border police officers began checking capacity of the boxes in the truck he
heard a faint groan inside the truck.
Station commander:
Did he ask the driver of the truck if he had anything illegal in the
truck?
Investigation officer: Yes, he did but the
driver said, that he did not understand what he was talking about.
Station Commander:
Did the boarder police check boxes in the truck?
Duty officer: Yes, they did. 3
boarder police officers began removing boxes from the truck
Station Commander:
Did they find anything strange in these boxes?
Investigation officer: Box
number 36 was heavier than the others and officers decided to open this box.
Station Commander:
What was in this box?
Investigation officer: When
the officers opened the box they saw a young woman in this box.
Station Commander:
What was she look like?
Investigation officer: She
was about 25 years old, 170 cm tall, with long fair hair and gray eyes. She was dressed in blue
and white colored sports costume and white running shoes.
Station Commander:
Was she able to speak?
Investigation officer:
In the beginning she was unconscious and could not speak.
Station commander:
What happened to her?
Investigation officer:
When ambulance arrived the woman was already able to speak and asked for a glass of water.
Station Commander:
What did the doctor say about her condition?
Investigation officer: The
doctor said, that there was no danger to her life and advised, that the woman
needed some fresh air and rest.
Station Commander:
What did she say?
Investigation officer: She
said, that her father was the owner of the cigarette trading company named “Blend of freedom”. She also gave the telephone number
of her father’s office as 239-647.
Station Commander:
Did she say who and when had kidnapped her?
Investigation officer: The
driver of the truck had kidnapped her on 13 of May 2003
at 08.00 hrs when she was jogging in the park
Station Commander:
Did she explain how she was in the truck?
Investigation officer: She did not remember
when and how she was in the truck, because the kidnapper gave her an injection
with a syringe and she fell asleep.
Station
Commander: What was the
demand of the kidnapper?
Investigation
officer: He
demanded the owner of the company would pay 20000 Euros to have his daughter
back
Station Commander:
Was the driver of the truck arrested?
Investigation officer:
Yes, sir. He was arrested when he tried to flee across the border, but
was caught by the boarder police.
Station Commander:
Did you call the father of the kidnapped woman?
Investigation officer: I called the owner
of the trading company about the recovery of his daughter
and advised him to come to the police station # 2 on 16 of
May 2003 at 10.30 hrs.
Station commander: So what is the status of the case?
Investigation officer: Still under investigation.
Station commander: Thank you for briefing. Good-bye.
Investigation officer: Good-bye.
FIRST PART
of CLA (Reading #2)
QUESTION
PAPER - A
Family Name:……………………………...First Name……………Test Serial #:………
Country:…………… Date:……………………
Q1: What was
license number of the big truck at the border-crossing checkpoint?
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Q2: How was the
driver of the truck looked like?
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Q3: What was the
kidnapped woman dressed in?
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Q4: What were the
date, time and place of the kidnapping?
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Q5: What was the
name of the company, owned by the father of the kidnapped woman?
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Q6: What did the
woman ask to give her when she was able to speak?
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Q7: How was the
driver of the truck arrested?
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Q8: Why the woman
did not remember why she was in the truck?
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Q9: What did the
border police officer hear in the truck?
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Q10: What time and date was the father of the
kidnapped woman advised to come to the police station?
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ANSWER PAPER - A
Q1: What was license
number of the big truck at the border-crossing checkpoint?
376
KS 941
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Q2: Please,
describe the driver of the truck?
A 42-year old male, 178 cm tall,
with sunglasses, muscular built, with short black hair, dressed in blue jeans,
green shirt and black military style boots.
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Q3: What was the
kidnapped woman dressed in?
Blue and white colored sports
costume and white running shoes
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Q4: What were the
date, time and place of the kidnapping?
On13 of May 2003 at 08.00 hrs in the park
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Q5: What was the
name of the company, owned by the father of the kidnapped woman?
“Blend of freedom”
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Q6: What did the
woman ask to give her when she was able to speak?
A glass of water
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Q7: How was the
driver of the truck arrested?
The driver of the truck tried to
flee across the border, but was caught by the border police and arrested
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Q8: Why the woman
did not remember why she was in the truck?
The kidnapper gave her an
injection with a syringe and she fell asleep.
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Q9: What did the
border police officer hear in the truck?
A faint groan
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Q10: What time and date was the father of the
kidnapped woman advised to come to the police station?
On 16 of May 2003 at 10.30 hrs.
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