(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing concern further to the destruction of a private television station’s studios in Kinshasa. According to RSF’s information, at 1:00 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday, 13 January 1999, a fire destroyed the studios of Radio Télévision Message de vie (RTMV), located in Kinshasa – Kasa Vubu. The studios, owned by Kutino […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing concern further to the destruction of a
private television station’s studios in Kinshasa. According to RSF’s
information, at 1:00 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday, 13 January 1999, a fire
destroyed the studios of Radio Télévision Message de vie (RTMV), located in
Kinshasa – Kasa Vubu. The studios, owned by Kutino Fernando, a Pentecostal
pastor of Angolan nationality, had only recently been inaugurated. According
to the owner, it is highly unlikely that the fire was accidental.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the President:
to investigate the incident be given the means to determine the exact cause
of the fire
Appeals To
Mr. Laurent-Désiré Kabila
President
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Fax: +243 88 02120 / +1 202 234 2609
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
