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Michael Jackson on a private visit to Bahrain

Jun 30, 2005, 15:54 GMT

Dubai - Michael Jackson, the pop star acquitted this month in the United States of a child sex abuse case, is in the Gulf state of Bahrain on a private visit, the Arabic Bahraini newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej reported Thursday.

The paper said Jackson arrived on a private jet Wednesday evening in Bahrain at the invitation of the royal family.

This is the 46-year-old star's first trip abroad since his acquittal.

Jackson's brother Jermaine is a frequent visitor to Bahrain and a friend of one of the sons of the king of Bahrain.