flosse says no hasty conclusions
. . . NEWS An undated, hand-written letter outlining the abduction, torture and killing of a former Pape’ete editor was found at the home of a former French Polynesia president. Police officers found the letter in a drawer during a raid on Flosse’s home in September 2008. Details of the find only emerged last month. Gaston Flosse at first refused comment, according to a report from AFP , later issuing a statement labelling the allegations “scandalous.” Author of the letter is said to be Vetea Cadousteau, a former member of a secret spy cell who died in “very disturbing” circumstances, according to lawyers for a support committee of the editor, Jean-Pascal Couraud. Handwriting analysis of the letter was “inconclusive”, said laywers James Lau and Max Gatti in a statement for Soutien JPK . Further testing is needed to confirm the author of the letter of testimony, several pages long. Lawyers for Flosse, a member of the French senate, dismissed the letter as a “set up”, part of a “plot”.