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Seychelles Court of Appeal upholds defamation judgement for 2016 article in Seychelles Weekly
Victoria, Seychelles | December 21, 2020, Monday @ 15:00 in National » GENERAL | By: Betymie Bonnelame | Views: 3170
Seychelles courts building Palais de Justice at Ile du Port, which houses the top courts. (Seychelles News Agency)
Court of Appeal has maintained the judgement that an article published by the
Seychelles Weekly newspaper on former Minister Charles Bastienne was defamatory.
The
Court of Appeal, comprising of Oagile Bethuel Dingake, Fiona Robinson and Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza rendered its judgement on Friday on the case that dates back to 2016.
In an article on December 1, 2016, the
Seychelles Weekly newspaper reported that in October 2016, Bastienne, who was then the Minister for Internal Affairs, received the sum of SCR122,500 from the chairperson of a Nepalese recruitment agency named United Manpower Agency in return for the recruitment of Nepalese p