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16nov04
Extradition sought for Thatcher's son.
Equatorial Guinea has decided to seek the extradition of Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, for trial in an alleged coup plot in the central African nation, a legal official close to the government said yesterday.
Prosecutors have newly added Thatcher and seven others to the list of those charged in the alleged March takeover plot, legal officials said.
"It's not a question of being tried in absentia," a legal official close to Attorney General Jose Olo Obono said in Senegal. The intention is "to invite him to come along," the official said.
There was no immediate comment from Equatorial Guinea's government.
Information Minister Allonso Nsue Mokuy referred questions to the attorney-general, Obono. Calls to Obono went unanswered.
Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman and son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, is now under arrest in South Africa in connection with the alleged plot.
Equatorial Guinea accuses Thatcher and other, mainly British, financiers of conspiring for the mercenary overthrow of 25-year president Teodoro Obiang. The financiers intended to instal an exiled opposition figure, Severo Moto, as the figurehead leader of Africa's number three oil producer, Equatorial Guinea claims.
[Source: Gulf Daily News, Bahrain, Malabo, 16Nov04]
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