* TODAY: CCB UNDER FIRE AGAIN,* COURT BLAZE COULD AFFECT CASES * Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.242 50e (GST Inc.) Tuesday January 15 New shocks expected in The world holds its breath... passport scandal POllCE spokesperson Commissioner Siggi Eimbeck yesterday said the police ~pected to make further ar­ rests following the discloSure of massive fraud and bribery in the is­ suing oil passports. The policeman also indicated that there could be shocking new revela­ tions about the extent of the scam. Nampa reported earlier yesterday that as many as 11 civil servants in the passport division at the Ministry of Home Affairs have already been aq:ested. , ' They are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow but according to Commisioner Eimbeck further ar­ rests could be expected'before then. The arrest of the 11 was confirmed by Deputy Director of Citizenship and Passports Lucas Hangula. Hangula said the malpractices in Above, left: IRAQ'S President Sad dam Hussein. Iraq's National Assembly has given Hussein 'full constitutional powers to take all his department, formerly called Civic measures to defend Iraq and the (wider) Arab nation'. Above, right: US President George Bush peers down the sights of a 50 cal. machine ~.ffairs, started long ago during the colonial period and were continuing. gun at a Marine bunker in Saudi Arabia during his recent visit to troops in the Saudi military theatre. The US Government and most The main problem was the issuing Western governments are oppos~d to appeasing Hussein. Photographs: Agence France-Presse ' of birth certificates and identifica­ tion cards to individuals under very doubtful circumstances. Earlier press reports mentioned the involvement of a Windhoek-based multi-millionaire and six female public servants without disclosing the iden­ Final countdo'wn tity of the mysterious multi-million­ aire. Inspector Brink of the Commer­ war or peace hangs on slender th 'rea~ , cial Branch has been quoted as say­ ing the millionaire allegedly pur­ chased passports in order to re-sell as Iraq deadline draws rapidly closer them to locally resident foreigners. Brink further said the passports were sold mainly to Nigerians, Zaire­ WAR in the Middle East seemed proclaimed Iraq ready for 'the mother ened security at aUports and other "We believe France, perhaps bet­ ans and Zambians for prices ranging inevitable today before a UN dead­ of all battles'. entry points as the threat of a Gulf ter than many other members of the from R600 each. line after UN Chief chief Javier Perez Yesterday Israelis practiced chemi­ war loomed. , Security Council," Abdul Amir Al­ Among those allegedly arrested . de 'Cuellar failed to make peace in cal warfare drills, Turks fled Iraqi In Bahrain Kuwaiti women, dressed Anbari said ~~ asked about the were Koos Stoop and Panker Mo­ Baghdad and the parliament there border areas and countries height- in black silk from bead to toe, clUtched ' French peace initiative. hammed - both believed to be em­ airline tickets to await flights to the Last-minute peace efforts were ployed by the Ministry of Home demobilisation in October 1989. Any west, their children clutching dolls. multiplying as the deadline approoc~d Affairs. person who served in these units but In aitports, on the highways, in the for Iraq"s withdrawal from Kuwait. Commissioner Eimbeck said a SA acts on who, at demobilisation, was no longer cities and in the towns of the coun­ Earlier yesterday President Ali police investigation was launched on a full-time aC,tive member of these tries lining the Gulf, people are pre­ Abdullah Saleh of Yemen also out­ December 21 last year, following R36 million units, would not qualify as a recipi­ paring for war - a war that few seem lined a peace plan. several newspaper reports alleging ent. Any person entitled to payment to grasp. The official Yemeni media quoted massive fraud and bribery surround­ must be physically present within the However, with the deadline only Saleh as announcing at a parliamen­ ing the issuing of passports. THE South African Government national borders of Namibia at the hours away, the slimmest of hopes tary meeting in the Red Sea port of Eimbeck said tomorrow's court has established a committee headed time when payments will be made. emerged yesterday as France and Aden that the plan envisages anIrawi appearances did not mean the end of by the Chief Justice of Namibia to Enquiries on this matter can be Yemen came up with last minute pllll~out from Kuwait, deployment the police investigations and that the deal with the distributiOn of the amount directed to Dieter Petzsch or Werner plans to avert war. of Arab and international forces in police would continue following up ofR36 million to former fighters and Obeoneyer at telephone (061) 229765. Iraq's UN Ambassador said yes­ the disputed border areas, and a pull­ leads. combatants. The committee has also No inquiries should be directed to the terday that French Foreign Minister out of the multinational force once He further indicated that the pub­ drawn up guidelines for ex-gratia ChiefJustice and no informatio~ will Roland Dumas would probably visit Iraq accepts the principle of evacuat­ lic could expect shocking new reve­ payments. be furnished by his office, the state­ Baghdad today in a last-ditch effort ing Kuwait. - Sapa-AFP-AP lations about the scope of the fraud A state~ent by the Office of the ment said. to find a solution. * See also page 7. once police investigations are com­ SA Representative said the commit­ pleted. tee was engaged in dealing with ' Meanwhile, Nampa reports that practical problems encountered in the Deputy Director of Inunigration giving effect to ultimate distribution and Border Control, Daytd Sbim­ of the funds on a fair basis. It added High seas case to High Court wino, has appealed to members of that this would take some time and the, public 'to help his department actual payments to former fighters THE cases of the 15 Spanish fishermen caught fishing Originally only the captains were charged, but subse­ and combatants would take place trace illegal aliens in N::.mibia. illegally in Namibian waters, late last year will be quently Prosecutor General Hans Heyman ordered the Shimwino said 3 000 foreigners towards the end of the first quarter of referred to the High Court today. arrest of the two most senior officials (after the captain) were given temporary residence 1991. Accqrding to sources at the Prosecutor General's of each vessel. permits in September of last year, The committee said only former office, the hearing of the first of the five cases will start They face charges of fishing illegally in Namibian but only 1 000 had left the country. fighters of the SWA 1F and Koevoet, on February 1 in the High Court. waters and if found guilty each faces a maximim fine of The remaining 2 000 were still and combatants of the Peoples Lib­ The case follows the surprise arrests of the Spanish one million rand, the confiscation of the fish, their roaming the country illegally and ~, e eratim Army of Namibia (Plan) would trawlers on Saturday, November 24, on the Namibian fishing ma~erial and also the vessels. cautioned that strict measures wou! " qualify, provided they served full­ high seas after they were caught fishing illegally. be taken against illegal residents. time in these units at the time of their .. 21uesday Jani:Ja,y ~ ' 5 ' ·1·991 · 'T-... e NAMfBIAN Right-wingers go on hunger strike WHAT can be worse than getting ing you failed? dent, getting the results and finding your matriculation results and find- According to one unhappy stu- yourself marked ••absetJt" from papers SEVERAL right-wingers wanted in Namibia on counts of murder you sat. and presently being held in South Africa on similar charges are . A number of students from Os­ hakati, Tsumeb and Grootfontein are reported to be on a hunger strike. said to have lost vital exam passes in The Namibian authorities recently The trial was postponed at their . this way and investigations have WlSuccessfully requested .the extra­ lawyer's request until February 1. started. dition of two men who escaped cus­ They were in the meanwhile ordered To get into further education, matric tody after being charged with murder to remain in custody by the Magis­ students need passes in five subjects. and the attack on the Untag offices at trate, pending the State President's A 21-year-old student, Titus of Outjo in 1989. The two, Leonard decision on their application, launched Mweshipandeka Secondary School ' Veenendal, 24, and Darryl Stopforth, late last year, to grant them indem­ in Oshakati, told The Namibian yes­ 23. shot and killed a Namibian po­ nity for their' politically motivated terday that he sat examinations in six liceman when trey escaped from police acts. Already on a hunger strike are subjects late last year. When the results custody on their way from a court Veenendal and Barker. Archer will were posted to him on December 27, appearance near Otjiwarongo. embark on a hunger strike from to­ to his horror he says he foUnd that the Th.e two, in addition to Arthur day, according to a hand-written press examiners had ruled him .. absent" Archer, 29, and Craig Barker, 21, release issued by Stop forth to media fromNdonga, History and Afrikaans were arrested shortly after the bomb­ representatives during their brief examinations. This blocked his plans ing of the Untag offices at Outjo. One appearance. to register on J ~uary 29 for a course security guard was killed in the at­ Veenendal, looking 'pale and weak' in public administration at the Acad­ tack.