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Cameroun - Communication. Yaounde Military Tribunal: Trial Resumes Of Three Journalists, Two Others

Kimeng Hilton NDUKONG | Cameroon-tribune Mardi le 23 Février 2016 Culture Imprimer Envoyer cet article à Nous suivre sur facebook Nous suivre sur twitter Revoir un Programme TV Grille des Programmes TV Où Vendre Où Danser Où Dormir au Cameroun
Ndeutchoua Tongue Rodrique, Ebole Bola Félix Cyriaque and Dr Baba Wame, on February 19, 2016, pleaded not guilty to concealing State security information.

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The trial resumed at the Yaounde Military Tribunal on Friday, February 19, 2016, of three journalists accused of failing to inform the authorities of threats to State security. Also charged alongside the journalists are a Notary Public and political leader. Presiding at the sitting was the new President of the Yaounde Military Tribunal, Col. Mrs. Abega Mbezoa, with Ndzie Pierrot Narcisse and Nkoa Akouna as Military Prosecutors.

The brief court sitting saw the reading of the charges to each of the five defendants. Ndeutchoua Tongue Rodrique, formerly of ‘Le Messager’ newspaper and now with Canal 2 International Television, Ebole Bola Félix Cyriaque of ‘Mutations’ daily newspaper and Dr Baba Wame, a lecturer with the Advanced School of Mass Communication, ASMAC, Yaounde, were accused of “non-denunciation” or concealing dangerous information concerning State security.

Together with Abdoulaye Harissou, a Maroua-based Notary Public and Aboubakary Sidikki, a political leader and businessman based in Douala, all five are accused of having foreknowledge of armed attacks on the East Region by a group of Chadian, Central African Republic and Sudanese rebels. Harissou and Sidikki are accused of assassination, illegal possession and use of a firearm, possession of ammunitions, hostility against the State, revolution and outrage against the Head of State.

All the offences, which were committed between 2013 and 2014, are punishable by the Penal Code under Articles 74, 97, 102, 107, 114, 153 (1), 237 and 27. Tongue Rodrique, Ebole Bola and Dr Baba Wame are specifically accused of failing to warn judicial, administrative and military authorities of the armed attacks. After listening to the charges, each of the accused pleaded not guilty and the matter was adjourned to March 18, 2016, for the prosecution to submit the names of its witnesses and for the accused to summon their witnesses. According to judicial sources, if convicted, each of the three journalists faces a jail term of between one to five years and a fine as from 50,000 FCFA to 5 million FCFA.

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