NOUMEA — Seven independence activists linked to a group accused of organizing deadly riots last month in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have been flown to France for pretrial detention, a local prosecutor said Sunday.
'This transfer was organized during the night by means of a plane specially chartered for the mission,' Yves Dupas, public prosecutor in the territory's capital Noumea, said in a statement.The seven were sent to mainland France, he added, 'due to the sensitivity of the procedure and in order to allow the investigations to continue in a calm manner, free of any pressure.
5 billion euros of damage was inflicted during the unrest over controversial voting reforms.Authorities did not immediately specify what charges Tein faces.His lawyer Pierre Ortent said Saturday he was 'stupefied' that his client was being sent to France, accusing magistrates of 'answering to purely political considerations.
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