Chebeya trial in the DRC: requisitions revealing responsibilities in the double assassination

Several police officers are being prosecuted for the assassination of human rights activists Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana in June 2010. AFP PHOTO / GWENN DUBOURTHOUMIEU

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During the appeal trial, the representative of the public prosecutor's office on Wednesday demanded the death penalty for Christian Kenga Kenga, ten years for Jacques Mugabo and release for Paul Mwilambwe.

These three police officers are on trial for their alleged involvement to varying degrees in the murder of two members of La Voix des sans voix Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana in June 2010. 

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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,

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These are the words Wednesday, March 2 of Colonel Longwango, Auditor General representing the Public Ministry, about the double crime committed by police officers from the infamous Simba battalion.

The roles were well defined if we refer to the confessions of the defendants in the assassination of two human rights activists from the NGO La Voix des sans voix

in June 2010. 

At the end of the interrogations during this appeal trial, it was finally understood that the fugitive general John Numbi is indeed the originator, said Colonel Longwango.

And to charge Daniel Mukalay wa Mateso, the planner who directly cooperated with Christian Kenga Kenga in the execution of this macabre project.

Jacques Mugabo and Doudou Ilunga, they confessed to having killed on the orders of the hierarchy, noted the auditor general. 

The release requested for Paul Mwilambwe

As for Paul Mwilambwe, responsible for the security of the installations of what was then the general inspectorate of the national police, he was exonerated and his release was requested.

Based on the statements of the defendants, Colonel Longwango explained that Mwilambwe had been abducted and sequestered to prevent him from testifying to what he had seen on the evening of June 1, 2010, the date of the assassination of the two human rights defenders. of man. 

The commander of the Simba battalion, Christian Kenga Kenga for his part, has refused to appear since the start of the trial.  

► To read also: [Investigation] DRC: those who killed human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana

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