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brother of dead journalist sacked on st. valentine's

....................................................................... NEWS Ministers in French Polynesia are being accused of sacking a man whose brother went missing nine years ago. Philippe Couraud was heading a committee of family and friends looking into the alleged assassination of his brother, an investigative journalist, by French-trained agents. Couraud was removed from his position as Town Planning director after a change of government in the territorial assembly. Union officials say a decision to fire Philippe Couraud was taken at a meeting in Tahiti of the Council of Ministers on 14th February, Saint Valentine’s Day, last Wednesday. News of the sacking was posted to the Tahitipresse Agency website four days later, following a statement from the Union of Public Service Executive Officers, SCFP. “At the time of its last Council of Ministers of February 14, 2007, the government removed Philippe Couraud as head of department of Town Planning.” “Revocation of his appointment w