Mark Thatcher arrested in connection with the failed Coup in EG

[EWS]

Thatcher on bail over coup plot

Sir Mark was arrested at his home

Mark Thatcher has been released on bail by a South African court following his arrest in connection with an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.

The son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was ordered to pay a bail bond of two million Rand (

[Dunenewt]

Is it just me or is the South African Goverment corrupt...I feel sorry for her as well, and for him.

[Caid Ivik]

Good to see the bloodline working properly  ;D

[Dunenewt]

What's that supposed to mean?

[Anathema]

Is it just me or is the South African Goverment corrupt...

?

Usually, when someone breaks a law, you charge him. I don't see how this makes a government corrupt.

(well SA does have a corruption problem, but I don't see what that has to do with this)

[shygirl4]

Lets hope he rots in a South African prison,

[Caid Ivik]

Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule. This tiny country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands, is one of the smallest on the African continent. President OBIANG NGUEM MBASOGO has ruled the country for over two decades since seizing power from his uncle, then President MACIAS, in a 1979 coup. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections - as well as the 1999 legislative elections - were widely seen as being flawed. The president controls most opposition parties through the judicious use of patronage. Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, there have been few improvements in the country's living standards.

(from CIA World Factbook)

[Dunenewt]

Lets hope he's released quickly.

[Kiyouta]

Lets hope he rots in a South African prison,

Lets hope he's released quickly.

:O

*Backs away from thread... slowly...* :-X

[lowzeewee]

I guess the 'Baroness' overprotected him during her days as PM of Britain...

[Dunenewt]

Actually she did the opposite.  During the time of her election, he was advised to leave the country so she stood a better chance.

[shygirl4]

*Backs away from thread... slowly...* :-X

LOL

I don

[Caid Ivik]

Who knows. I don't know anything about rulers of Equatorial Guinea, nor about the guys who want to overthrow it with his support. But I would say it is an internal thing of Guinea, not South Africa. Perhaps they just blew up another democratization project, if not at least saving one country from tyranny...

[Dunenewt]

Caid, your last sentence sums it up nicely.

[Anathema]

What the...INTERNAL thing of Guinea? It's very simple, Thatcher used South Africa to send support to a coup in another African country and it's against SOUTH AFRICAN LAW. They don't want their nation to become a staging point for coups in other countries and neither would I if it was my country.

[Dunenewt]

So they wouldn't want to support freeing a country from tyranny?  If the goverment's can't do anything constructive to help they people of EG, then maybe individuals should.

[Dante]

None of his business to interfere, and he broke the law. I don't particularly care what happens to him, and I don't see why it's such a big deal.

[Caid Ivik]

Well, I must say it is a weird law. They should implement it in USA, Russia or another foreign-active country, let we see what is it for  ;D