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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Saturday, May2,1998 Rwandan Official Admits Genocide Man who led governmentduringslaughter of 500,000 to testify against others ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARUSHA, Tanzania — The ,prime minister who led Rwanda’s “government during the 1994 genocide of more than 500,000 "Tutsis pleaded guilty Friday and army continueto fight. In the Arusha court, tribunal “promised to testify against other president Judge Laity Kama 3oe Tingleaders of the slaugh- leash more convictions. U.N. Under the tribunal’s rules, he prosecutors hoped it would foster cannot be tried again in Rwandan reconciliation in Rwanda, where Rutu rebels and the Tutsi-led asked Kambanda if he understood the charges and whether he The United Nations said Jean -Rambanda was the first person in ‘history to plead guilty to such ,charges before an international tribunal. © It slso marked thefirst verdict yfor the tribunal, which was set up had madehis plea under threat or pressure. Kambandareplied that he made his plea “consciously and voluntarily,’ and assured the court: “My plea is not equivocal, I have understood,” Hirondelle re- in November 1994 and has been criticized as being slow and bumbling. ., Rambande, 42, admitted to four genocide charges and two ported. Kama then pronounced him gharges of crimes against humandty, the Swiss-based Hirondelle presentencing hearing was scheduled for Aug. 31. Deputy Prosecutor Bernard Munasaid Kambands waswilling to testify against others accused of genocide. The tribunal has 22 other people in custody, and has indicted 35. The tribunal has agreed to give Kambanda’s wife and two children special protection, but has not guaranteed him a reduced Press Agency reported, «, Hirondelle, a Swise charity, is -Feporting on the genccidetrials in jan effort to provide Rwandans ,400 others with unbiased inforsmation from this remote town. ~ After each piea, murmurs ri spled through the packed court- -oora in the northern Tanzania town of Arusha. ' Many Rwandans welcomed the ‘confession and hopedit would un- guilty, The gravest penalty the tribunal can imposeis life in prison. A sentence ir exchangefor his cooperation, Muna told Hirondelle. A5 Beleaguered Japanese Bank Exec Hangs Self THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — A top executive of Japan's scandalplagued central bank hanged himself Saturday in the latest in a series of suicides by bureaucrats. April 24, the Rwandan govern- The Bank of Japan’s Chief Director Takayuki Kamoshida, 58, was found by his wife around 3 a.m. peers from 6 cord in a Tokyo apartment, police victs by firing squad.thefirst executions for the slaughter. Louise Arbour, chief prosecu- corruption at the central bank and to punish employees involved in bribery scandals, national broadcast- courts for the same crime. On ment executed 22 genocide con- tor of the U.N. tribunals for Yu- goslavia and Rwanda, said Kambanda’s plea could help hea! the genocide’s wounds. “T hope that this admission of guilt will begin to bring some so- lace to the survivors,” Arbour said at her headquarters in Hol- land, ‘The tribunal has been severely criticized for its slow progress. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pians to visit itnext week, and on Thursday, the Security Council approved a third courtroomto try to speed uptrials. Kambandais the highest-ranking former political leader in the tribunal’s custody. Heled a hard-line Hutu govern- ment after the assassination of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilin- giyimana on April 7, 1994, She was among thefirst killed in a bloodbath sparked by the shooting down of President Juvenal Habyerienais planethe day be- sai Kamoshida was in charge of efforts to root out er NHKsaid. “T'm tired. I'm at the limit,” read a suicide note found in the apartment. wayto take responsibility for — or escape from — disgrace or failure. i Japan'sfinancial world was shaken in March when a corruption probe into the country’s power reaucracies reached the central bank. A ban! cial was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes financial institutions. Last month, the bank punished 98 emplo; were found to have been wined and dined byfinan. cial institutions. The central bank had long been considered im muneto scandal and had neverbeen the subject of a criminal investigation. Yasuo Matsushita, head of the bank, resigned to take responsibility for the scan Kamoshida was not reported to be a target of any corruption investigation. Central bank officials were dal. notavailable for comment ecutives in private companies havealso i Heis the fourthofficialthis year to commit suicide amid a widening investigation into the activities of The number of corporate suicides in 1 latest figures available — rose by 16 percent from the previous year, according to national police fig Japaneseofficials. The Japanese havea tradition of using suicide as a With Japan's economy struggling, suicides by ex- ed ures, Albright Seeks Cash to Help Fund Nuke Deal With N. Korea THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is seeking international donations to help pay for a civilian power reactor and diesel oii that were promised to North Koreain exchangefora freezein its nucle- ar weapons program. about $500 million to help pay for the $5 billion reactor and a minimum of $47 million to cover a debt on diesel purchases, Further deliveries — the United Statesis committed to provide 500,000 metric tons a year — will run that bill up. if the reactor agreement tn South Korea on Friday, and earlier in Japan during a week- long Asia trip, Albrighttalked to officials about the need to raise founders, there is “grave risk” that North Korea will resume a program that the Pentagon said already had turned out at least one said. nuclear weapon, Albright She said the agreement ‘has prevented the emergenceofa nu clear power.” South Korea has pledgedto pay for 70 percent of the reactor, and Japan 20 percent. That leaves 10 percent uncovered. Albright came to South Korea as part of an Asia trip to make arrangements for President Clin- ton’sstate visit to China in June. ore. Yeltsin’s Envoy Kidnapped in Chechnya En Route to Crack Down on Abductions Brazen crime on Russian holiday has compounded political insult turning kidnapping for ransom into oneofthe republie’s few profitable industries. Kidnappers have LOS ANGELES TIMES { MOSCOW — President Boris Yeltsin’s special enwoy to Chechnya, on a mission fo crack down on abAuctions in the separatist republic, was kidnappedin Proad daylight Friday near the Russian-Chechen “J am absolutely sure that a large-scale business has emerged in the Chechen republic involving the kidnapping of people, and that the top leaders of Chechnya are directly or indirectly involved,” said der, authorities said. ; Valentin Vlasov, who has served as the Kremlin's representative to Chechnya since October, was stopped on a main highway by 10 guamen dressed in amouflage whofired shots into the air. The kidnappers left his Griver aad bodyguard by the roadside and drove off with the envoyandhis car. | Several hours after the kidnapping, Vlasoy’s driv‘er and bodyguard were arrested by Chechen police on suspicion that they may have been invelved, ‘AR-Tass reported. ‘The brazen abduction took place on May Day, one pf Russia’s biggest patriotic holidays — compoundng the political insult and impeding the investiga- tion, } “The fact that the presidential envoy was kidnapped on a national holidayis a slap in the face to ell Russiancitizens, and especially top-ranking officials in Russia whoclaim thesituation in Chechnyais under controi,” said Yevgeny Ryabtsev, chief spokesman for Russia’s Interior Ministry. Since fighting between Chechnya and Russia end- large numbers of unemployed but well-armed men, thousands of doilars in exchange for their hostages. an angry Igor Malashenko, president of Russia’s NTV television, after paying more than $1 million last year to win the freedom of a star reporter and her two crew members. Butafter Vlasoy’s kidnapping Friday, some Chechenofficials accused Russia of masterminding the abduction of its own envoy to damage continuing negotiations, Vlasov has worked on Chechenissues for more than two years and was active in peace talks that ended the fighting without resolving the key question of whether Chechnyais an independent repubMore recently, he had heen negotiating an agree- As of Jan. 1, 73 hostages were in captivity in the small, mountainous republic, the U.S. State Department reported last week. Among them were 15 for- farmed Chechen gangs, which often cross into Russian territory to seize victims. As Russia and Chechnya negotiate a formal end to others have been kidnapped to take their place. ‘ The war destroyed Chechnya’s economy andleft >Gs ment that would have brought the security services of the two governments together to ccoperate in going after kidnappers The precise aumberof kidnapvictims now held in Chechnya is unclear. eigners, including five journalists and 10 representatives of nongovernmentalorganizations. demonstrated Chechnya’s instability and called into question whois running the separatist republic. ae Poeeeecrs y lic. ed in 1996, hundreds of Russians and dozens of foreigners have been abducted and held for ransom by their 2i-month war, the flood of kidnappings has POSITIVELY THE LAST DAY!!! demanded, and in somecases received, hundreds of ced Perle re LeedaUAaRCactcessdal Final Day! 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