A Cameroonian media tycoon arrested in February in connection with the murder of prominent journalist Martinez Zogo has been charged with complicity in torture and given a six-month pre-trial detention in the Kondengui Main Prison in the capital Yaounde. Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga and his co-accused were transferred from the national gendarmerie headquarters—where they underwent questioning…
Suspicions Cloud Process to Prosecute Prominent Cameroonian Journalist’s Killers
Cameroon Media Tycoon Facing Court in Connection With Journalist’s Gruesome Murder
When journalist Haman Mana, 57, got news that Cameroon’s media tycoon, Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga, was arrested as part of investigations into the gruesome murder of his colleague Martinez Zogo he was guardedly optimistic. “Such an arrest should not call for a celebration, much less when he is still a suspect,” Mana, who is the…
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