Use of "due to" with a clause

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angelsrolls

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The following sentence is from Hurriyet Daily News, an English-language newspaper in Turkey.

"Romanian police reportedly seized Kanter’s passport due to it was cancelled."

Can due to be used with a clasue?
 
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It should be "due to it being cancelled".
 
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Or "... due to it/its having been cancelled".
 
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Or '... because it had been cancelled'.

('Due to' often causes confusion/inelegant sentences and is best avoided.)
 
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