Madagascar: after the arrest of the French, a new defendant in the hands of investigators
President Rajoelina upon his arrival at the site of the Queen's Palace in the upper town of Antanarivo for a solemn ceremony, November 6, 2020. Mamyrael / AFP
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In Madagascar, the authorities did not provide additional information in the case of the two French people arrested for breaches of state security.
In custody Tuesday evening, Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François are currently still being heard by the criminal squad.
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With our correspondent in Antananarivo,
Laure Verneau
His name is Russell Kely.
This American is at the head of the company Madagascar Oil, established in the country since 2004. Madagascar Oil has the largest heavy oil resources in the country, with the Tsimiroro and Bemolanga fields.
Russell Kely is heard with the investigators with the two defendants, Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François, indicates the prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Antananarivo.
No other element will be revealed for the moment, she adds, during the investigation.
The three men were moved from Anosy to the municipality of Ivato, on the outskirts of the capital.
Despite the very rapid media coverage of the case, no concrete element has been substantiated by the authorities since
the arrest of the two men on
Tuesday evening.
A source close to the file indicates that the defendants suffer from sleep deprivation, and one of them would have been unwell.
Paul Rafanoharana's three children, who live in France, say they do not want to comment on the investigation at this stage.
However, they deplore the lack of respect for the presumption of innocence and the secrecy of the investigation and investigation.
They are also worried about the conditions of detention of their father, with whom they have not been able to come into contact.
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