(JED/IFEX) – Lucien Claude Ngongo, deputy editor of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Fair Play”, was granted a provisional release on 28 July 2004 by order of the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court judge. The order set bail at 4,000 Congolese francs (approx. US$10). On the morning of 2 August, Ngongo attended a discovery hearing before a Kinshasa-Ngaliema criminal […]
(JED/IFEX) – Lucien Claude Ngongo, deputy editor of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Fair Play”, was granted a provisional release on 28 July 2004 by order of the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court judge. The order set bail at 4,000 Congolese francs (approx. US$10).
On the morning of 2 August, Ngongo attended a discovery hearing before a Kinshasa-Ngaliema criminal court judge, on charges brought by Belgian businessman and long-time resident of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) William Damseaux. The preliminary hearing was intended to establish proof in the case. The editor was scheduled to reappear in court later in the week.
