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As ao information, one will note that the managers of BMFL fled to England, and lived from the result of the frauds committed by them, whilst Mr Rais Bin Saniman, on his part, was called by the President of the OECD to carry out researches relating to developing countries.

andreimal va hove Me Rait Hin Saniman accused to have essentially

it is therefore soilewitdi paravoniom je

participated to a conspiracy with a view to committing various offenses against the bank, by granting loans and by forging if necessary the accounts, which, once again, the very nature of

his duties made impossible for him.

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Despite the negative advice issued by the Chambre d'Accusation of the Court of Appeal of Paris in 1987, and although the facts set out in the second request for extradition are essentially, actuidly, a new version of the facts which were the subject of the first request for extradition, the Chambre d'Accusation of th: Court of Appeal of Versailles thought that it could, on 30th October stradition of the defendant, but in raspacs of five counts ¡ÿÿ, issue an advies in favour of

of indictment only out of thirty-three.

An appeal in the Cour de Cassation was made against that advice,

Although certain reasons were very serious, the Cour de Cassation which exerclose - and et!!! only since a recent date - only a very limited control in this respect (it only verifies that there is no in each of the law depriving the advice which le suhmined to it from the necessary conditions for its legal existence) rejected the appeal of Mr Rais Bin Saniman by a decision dated 12th

March 1991.

depth of the ease, propos

panposed in the Prima

However, the ivïinister of iudice, alisi à torive in

Minister to reduce the extrac ition of Mr Rais Bin Saniman.

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