It has been reported that Joseph Olenga Nkoyi, an envoy of the opposition Prime Minister, Etienne Tshisekedi, and leader of the Force Novatrice de l’Union Sacree, was released on 11 May 1993 and rearrested on 13 May. According to sources close to Joseph Olenga Nkoyi, the magistrate who was investigating the case and who had ordered his release, has had the case taken away from him, and has been suspended from his post.
