FRENCH POLY: Former president supports jailed leader

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Updated January 18, 2008 16:48:16

A former President of French Polynesia has come out in support of a jailed political leader who has been charged with abusing public funds while in office. Gaston Tong Sang joined around 300 people who recently protested in the streets against the detention of the President of the autonomist party Ai'a Api, Emile Vernaudon.

Presenter: Elsa Klockenbring
Speakers: Gaston Tong Sang, former President French Polynesia

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