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☆ Rwandan genocide accused abandons South African bail, seeks asylum
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAPE TOWN, June 20 (Reuters) - Former Rwandan police officer Fulgence Kayishema, accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has abandoned his application for bail and applied for political asylum in South Africa, prosecuting authorities and his lawyer said on Tuesday. Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears at the Cape Town Magistrates' Court where 54 new charges were added against him, in Cape Town, South Africa June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Nic Bothma/File PhotoThe NPA said the 62-year-old accused "has abandoned his bail application and will instead launch an asylum application today". "My client fears for his life, if and when extradited, hence the very reason for his asylum application which has been filed today," Kayishema's lawyer, Juan Smuts, told Reuters in an emailed response. He said further details would be revealed in his client's asylum application to officials at the Department of Home Affairs.

Persons: Fulgence Kayishema, Kayishema, Nic Bothma, Juan Smuts, Wendell Roelf, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Former Rwandan, Rwanda, National Prosecuting Authority, Cape Town Magistrates, REUTERS, Reuters, Department of Home Affairs, Thomson Locations: CAPE, South Africa, Cape Town, Cape Town , South Africa

☆ Fulgence Kayishema: Rwanda genocide suspect appears in South African court
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Wendell Roelf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

We are sorry to hear what was happening," he responded, coming up from holding cells at Cape Town Magistrates' Court. REFUGEES[1/7] Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema holds up a Christian book, as he appears in the Cape Town Magistrates Court, in Cape Town, South Africa May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Nic BothmaAccording to a charge sheet seen by Reuters, Kayishema faces five charges in South Africa, including two of fraud. Then two years later to eSwatini and then in the late 90s he ended up in South Africa," Brammertz said. The prosecution persuaded a small number of former Rwandan soldiers with false identities living in South Africa as refugees to provide information on Kayishema's whereabouts, he added.

☆ ABB’s $327 Million Bribery Settlement Arrives in U.S. Court
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Dylan Tokar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

The U.S. court hearing was part of a globally coordinated deal that extends to authorities in South Africa, Switzerland and Germany, with the apparent bulk of the fines being collected in South Africa. The settlement is the first that U.S. authorities have reached in coordination with authorities in that country. The Kusile Power Station, a coal-fired power plant in South Africa. Switzerland on Friday said it was issuing a fine of 4 million Swiss francs, equivalent to about $4.3 million dollars. The Justice Department said it anticipated a related settlement with German authorities, but didn’t indicate a time frame.

☆ Swiss engineering group ABB fined $4.3 mln
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The logo of Hitachi ABB is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoZURICH, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Swiss engineering and technology group ABB (ABBN.S) has been fined 4 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) by the country's Attorney General in connection with a bribery case in South Africa. The company agreed to pay 2.5 billion rand ($144.51 million) in punitive reparations to South Africa within 60 days from Dec. 1, the NPA's statement said. This is in addition to 1.6 billion rand ($92.48 million)the company paid back to South African state power utility Eskom in 2020. ABB was found guilty of improper payments and other compliance issues at the Kusile power station after a wide-scale investigation into state corruption concluded in June 2022.

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