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flosse - senate refuses second immunity waiver

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. . . NEWS Le Monde 16 September 2009 Gérard Davet French Senator Gaston Flosse was to have been called before investigating judge Philippe Stelmach Friday, 18 September 2009, "to be heard and indicted," said an attorney in Tahiti, José Thurel. On Tuesday, 15 September, the office of the Senate refused to rule on a new application for waiver of parliamentary immunity for Mr Flosse, 78 years. Investigators have yet to find evidence of "corrupt dealings". Flosse, a former President of French Polynesia, already cited in another investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, is suspected of benefiting from 10 years of payments from former officials of the Office des Postes et Télécommunications (OPT ), and the 2H group, responsible for advertising the official phone directory of Polynesia. . . . Google news results for Gaston Flosse Radio New Zealand International Fl

jpk update | vetea guilloux adjournment 29 jan 2010

. . . NEWS On Friday at the Palais de Justice , the Vetea Guilloux affair , deferred from 10 April 2009, was again adjourned, this time to 29 January 2010, without argument against. The only legal representative at the hearing was for Mr. Quinquis , and said that, therefore, while not appearing on behalf of the other party, an a priori application for adjournment should still be accepted by the courts, even when unopposed. Again postponed, hearings on this part of the JPK dossier involving Guilloux, with judges deciding on the facts of a case by Vetea Guilloux against others for "false claims" and "wrongful dismissal". In 2004, he publicly accused fellow GIP operatives Tino Mara and Tutu Manate of having 'disappeared' former Pape'ete editor Jean Pascal Couraud . Vetea Guilloux at first admitted to lying, then retracted his admission. Sentenced on first appearance, he appealed, but the Supreme Court quashed a decisi

papeete publisher blasts back after 1000 euro fine

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. . . Tahiti Pacifique publisher Alex du Prel was fined 1,000 euros for defaming the public prosecutor of Pape'ete.                                   Tahiti Presse photo NEWS Freedom of speech advocates including Reporters Sans Frontiers were dismayed at the decision of a Paris court to fine one of the region's few independent media. Tahiti Pacifique publisher Alex du Prel had previously defended dozens of claims against him over an 18 year publishing career, but had to employ expensive legal help when the prosecutor applied successfully for the case to be heard 17,000 or so kilometres away in Paris. He's taking it sitting up. His latest issue offers more exposes of the hidden Flosse years, with spies and surveillance. tahiti publisher blasts back at flosse . . .

papeete publisher blasts back after 1000 euro fine

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. . . Tahiti Pacifique publisher Alex du Prel was fined 1,000 euros for defaming the public prosecutor of Pape'ete.                                   Tahiti Presse photo NEWS Freedom of speech advocates including Reporters Sans Frontiers were dismayed at the decision of a Paris court to fine one of the region's few independent media. Tahiti Pacifique publisher Alex du Prel had previously defended dozens of claims against him over an 18 year publishing career, but had to employ expensive legal help when the prosecutor applied successfully for the case to be heard 17,000 or so kilometres away in Paris. He's taking it sitting up. His latest issue offers more exposes of the hidden Flosse years, with spies and surveillance. tahiti publisher blasts back at flosse . . .

les barbouzes tahiti - flosse shadow spies

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. . . COMMENT Recently fined 1000 euros for defaming a Pape'ete prosecutor, Tahiti Pacifique publisher Alex du Prel has blasted back with a front cover expose of secret dealings during the Flosse years. The phrase " barbouzes " is slang similar to "spooks" while " filatures, surveillances, enregistrements " refers to shadowing, surveillance and recordings. September caps a rough few months for the 18 year old magazine, one of the few independents left in the Pacific. Earlier, a Paris court, 18,000 kilometres from Pape'ete, had found in favour of a complaint from a French prosecutor representing Tahiti. It is one of the few successful attempts at defamation proceedings, du Prel receiving dozens of legal - and illegal - threats over the years. Their decision came despite earlier decisions by the Consultative Commission on National Defence Secrets to not release three documents from the Directorate General of External Security, French