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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (2378)	7/17/2001 9:37:44 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

War Crimes Suspects Working at U.N. Tribunal By Sukhdev Chhatbar Associated Press Writer July 16, 2001 ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - Four Rwandan genocide suspects have been discovered working at the U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute people for the 1994 killings, an official said Monday. The four had been employed as investigators for defendants at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, said Adama Dieng, the court's registrar. Though none had been indicted by the tribunal, three are wanted by the Rwandan government - which is separately prosecuting cases - and another was under investigation by a U.N. prosecutor. Suspects Augustin Basebaya, Aloys Ngendahimana and Augustin Karera are listed by Rwanda as "category one" suspects -organizers of the 100-day slaughter in which at least 500,000 minority Tutsis and politically moderate, majority Hutus were killed. The three suspects' contracts with the tribunal expired in June. The contract of the fourth suspect, Thaddee Kwitonda, was due to expire on Aug. 8. It has been suspended because he is under investigation by the tribunal's prosecutor, Dieng said in a written statement. The announcement is a further embarrassment for the tribunal, which has been dogged by criticism since it was set up in Arusha in November 1994 to try those responsible for the genocide earlier that year. The investigators are employed by defense teams to help them prepare their cases, but their salaries are paid by the tribunal, which must also approve their employment. Dieng's statement did not disclose the whereabouts of the four, and it was not clear what further action, if any, would be taken against them. "In making these decisions ... the tribunal makes no presumption of the guilt of these individuals for the crimes of which they are suspected or accused," Dieng said. "The tribunal stands ready to reconsider them for clearance for employment by any defense counsel in the tribunal should they be cleared of the charges and suspicions against them in the Rwandan judicial system or in the international tribunal," Dieng said. In May, Simeon Nshamihigo, another genocide suspect who was working as a defense investigator, was arrested after he was found to be working at the tribunal using a false passport. Nshamihigo appeared before one of the tribunal's chambers last month and pleaded innocent to three counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. ap.tbo.com