Mark Thatcher back in South Africa

[emad]

Mark Thatcher is back in South Africa ahead of a court hearing next week when he is due to answer questions from Equatorial Guinea about an alleged coup plot in the oil-rich west African country, his lawyer said on Friday.

"He's back in the country, that's all I can confirm," said his lawyer George van Niekerk.

"He is free to enter and leave the country as he pleases," Van Niekerk told AFP from Cape Town, where Thatcher is due to appear in court next Friday.

The son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been subpoenaed by a South African court to answer questions submitted by prosecutors from Equatorial Guinea.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1108130222324B233

SO...No visa for trip back home to Texas.....

[notadmblnd]

1. I certainly hope not

why would we let a convicted criminal immigrate to this country. don't we have laws to prevent this?

[gratuitous]

2. I hope he gets some nice accommodations

Is Nelson Mandela's old cell available? If it was good enough for a Nobel Prize winner, it should be good enough for Sir Mark, doncha think?

[DulceDecorum]

3. This is my most favorite soap opera ever.

http://www.kathryncramer.com/m2/newarchives/2005/01/ely_calil_grego.html