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Kenya defends holding suspected Islamist financier
 (SomaliNet) The Kenyan State has defended its decision to continue holding Mr Abukar Omar Aden, who is suspected of having financed the ousted Somali Islamic Courts Union, in custody for a month. Aden, 70, who is in Kenyas custody, is currently facing charges of being in Kenya illegally.
| Wring him til he looks like an empty toothpaste tube. |
Kenyas prosecution told a Nairobi court that the police are investigating on the role he played in Somali capital Mogadishu. Meanwhile, Mr Aden accused the Kenyan State of holding him in custody for a long time contrary to the law. He said the charge preferred against him is a misdemeanour and does not warrant him being held in custody for a month.
| So let's have them charge you with a capital offense. |
Kenyas prosecution said Aden was arrested in Liboi on December 26. He is said to be running away from Somalia after the fall of the Somali Islamists. The prosecution said it is the duty of the police to establish how he entered into Kenya.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-02-01 |
