Senegal: the two rappers from Y'en a marre are waiting to be fixed on their legal fate
Rapper Kilifeu in front of the Dakar courthouse, in 2012. (File image) AFP - SEYLLOU
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Rappers Simon Kouka and Kilifeu - two founding members of the citizen movement Y'en a marre - were brought to the prosecution on Monday, September 13.
The first is prosecuted for passport trafficking, the second for visa fraud.
Still in detention, they should know this Tuesday, September 14 if an examining magistrate is seized.
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With our correspondent in Dakar
,
Théa Ollivier
Rappers and activists Simon Kouka and Kilifeu are still in detention
after Monday spent in court.
The prosecutor decided to return the prosecution, that is to say, he considered that the file was not complete enough to go to an immediate appearance and he referred them to the police.
One of their lawyers, Me Bamba Cissé, explains that the prosecutor could seize an examining magistrate as of Tuesday: “
As soon as he receives the file, he notes that there are additional elements to seek and he decides to send them to judicial information and I think we will go towards that
.
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Politics is not foreign to this affair
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Simon Kouka, prosecuted for passport trafficking, faces five to ten years in prison.
Kilifeu is being prosecuted for visa fraud.
An offense that can be worth up to one year in prison.
But opening a judicial investigation is disproportionate, according to their lawyer Me Cissé, who recalls that these two founding members of Y'en a marre distinguished themselves by taking regular positions critical against the power.
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It's a very simple affair, I believe, there is nothing to look for some additional elements whatsoever,
says Me Cissé
.
These are facts that are contested by Kilifeu and the Y'en a marre movement.
There is nothing in the file to say that they are involved in any visa smuggling activity.
But politics is no stranger to this affair.
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Two members of the presidential majority are also cited in a similar case of diplomatic passport trafficking.
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