(JED/IFEX) – On 12 July 2000, Polydor Muboyayi Mubanga, publisher of the daily “Le Phare”, was summoned to the Council of State Security (Conseil de sécurité d’État, CSE), where he was interrogated for close to four hours. Minutes were taken during the interrogation, which dealt with the publication of an article in the 19 June […]
(JED/IFEX) – On 12 July 2000, Polydor Muboyayi Mubanga, publisher of the daily “Le Phare”, was summoned to the Council of State Security (Conseil de sécurité d’État, CSE), where he was interrogated for close to four hours. Minutes were taken during the interrogation, which dealt with the publication of an article in the 19 June edition of “Le Phare” (issue 1358), titled: “Kazadi Nyembwe: the masks are starting to come off”.
In the unsigned article, the newspaper denounced the tribalisation of the commission appointed to hear ministers and managing directors on their administrations. According to the newspaper, the commission is solely made up of individuals from Katanga, the head of State’s province of origin. Nyembwe, a former special advisor to the head of State on security matters and current managing director of the hydrocarbon company “Cohydro”, had initially headed this commission before being interrogated by it.
Before his release, Muboyayi was accused of “inciting tribal hatred”, and warned that a report would go “to the hierarchy”.
