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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...

. . . 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...

. . . 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 ...

tahitipresse carries news of the flosse defamation claim NEWS translated from Tahitipresse, France 3 French senator Gaston Flosse says he will lay a claim of defamation against a documentary on France 3 TV accusing him of “the most abominable acts” relating to the disappearance in 1997 of journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud. Broadcast in France on June 20 and rebroadcast in French Polynesia on June 22, the Tempo programme “Pieces of Evidence” focused on alleged graft by former French president Jacques Chirac, involving bank accounts in Japan. Titled “Death in the Tropics” the documentary also focused on the role played by Flosse, alleging links with the disappearance of Couraud, by-lined JPK. "This programme, specifically slanted, violates the basic principles of any democracy,” said Senator Flosse in a press release, carried by Tahiti Press Agency. "I am indeed accused of the most abominable acts without being able to respond because despite the age of the criminal investigations...

B oasting global links, Clearstream could spell disaster for galactic space hopes if us$1.5 trillion in assets are really in question NEWS In this age of million and billion dollar scandals it is difficult to absorb the size and scale of the us$1.5 trillion Clearstream affair. Seemingly random figures attached to shorthand words for long lines of zeros. Perhaps one way standing back and gauging Clearstream is from outer space. The Space Review warns international efforts to get rockets above the air will be badly affected. clearstream dwarfs enron tahiti link to trillion dollar fraud letter to justice minister grabs French media letter from jpk committee where it started 2001: clearstream executive spills 1.5 trillion beans

NEWS Papers held by journalist Jean Pascal Couraud in his 1997 kidnapping and murder may be linked to an emerging scandal involving us$1.5 trillion in fraud. The Clearstream scandal is the world's biggest yet. Clearstream is the world's biggest clearing bank, verifying 70 per cent of foreign payments between banks. The same afternoon he disappeared, Couraud was seen holding a dossier seven centimetres thick. Just a few papers show former presidents Gaston Flosse and Jacques Chirac with US$70 billion in a Japan bank, now being linked to Clearstream fraud.

Links to Radio New Zealand stories on disappearance of French Polynesian journalist Jean Pascal Couraud and issues surrounding what has become known as the JPK affair. 18th November 2004 Complaint over treatment of witness in French Polynesia disappearance case 19th November 2004 French Polynesia journalist disappearance case may re-open 13th December 2004 Judge in French Polynesia to hear evidence in case of journalist who disappeared 15th December 2004 Family of missing French Polynesian journalist wants murder probe 17th December 2004 French Polynesian president wants journalist disappearance case solved 9th February 2005 French TV programme jeopardises legality of French Polynesia election 21st February 2005 Family of disappeared French Polynesia journalist to meet judge after murder complaint lodged 23rd February 2005 Family of missing French Polynesian journalist lays complaint against Presidential GIP service 31st March 2005 French Polynesian leader lodges complaint of espionage...