In Madagascar, authorities did not provide further information in the case of the two French people arrested for violating state security. Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François are still being held in custody on Tuesday night by the criminal squad.
as reported from Antananarivo, Laure Verneau
His name is Russell Kely. This American is at the forefront 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 being questioned by investigators with the two defendants, Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François, states the prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Antananarivo. No other element will be revealed at 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 evidence has been substantiated by the authorities since then the arrest of the two men, Tuesday night.
A source close to the case indicates that the defendants are suffering from lack of sleep, and one of them would have been ill. Paul Rafanoharana’s three children, who live in France, say they do not want to comment on the investigation at this stage. However, they state that they regret the lack of respect for the presumption of innocence and the secret of the investigation and the investigation. They are also worried about the conditions for detaining their father, with whom they have not been able to get in touch.
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