Sunday, June 6, 2010

BBC News - DR Congo suspends police chief over Chebeya death

BBC News - DR Congo suspends police chief over Chebeya death:

"Several officers have also been arrested and the president is determined to resolve the case, AFP quoted the interior minister as saying.

Floribert Chebeya, head of the group Voix des Sans Voix, was found dead in his car near Kinshasa on Wednesday.

He had reportedly been due to meet the police chief that evening.

Both the police and Voix des Sans Voix have said the meeting never took place.

The police chief, John Numbi, is seen as a close ally of President Joseph Kabila, the BBC's Thomas Fessy reports from the Congolese capital, Kinshasa.

Activists say Mr Chebeya had received regular threats over the last 20 years.

On Friday, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an independent inquiry into the incident."

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