2024-02-13 18:00:15
New twist in the Bruno Bidjang affair. The famous Cameroonian journalist has just been arrested and charged “endangering state security, incitement to uprising and incitement to insurrection”. Heavy charges which pose the threat of a military tribunal. Explanations.
An arrest for “disturbing public order”
According to information obtained by the editorial staff of 237online.com, Bruno Bidjang was arrested yesterday by the services of the State Secretariat for Defense (SED). He was interviewed there all day in the presence of his lawyer, Me Charles Tchoungang.
The star journalist of Vision 4 would be prosecuted for his controversial comments on the recent increase in fuel prices decided by the Cameroonian government. During a broadcast, he called on Cameroonians to “ to be indignant » in the face of this unpopular measure, which those in power obviously had very little taste for.
The threat of the military tribunal
But beyond the simple disturbance of public order“Bruno Bidjang now risks having to be held accountable before military justice. He is in fact accused “endangering state security, incitement to uprising and incitement to insurrection”according to information from our editorial staff.
Extremely heavy charges, some of which carry the death penalty, even if this is no longer applied in Cameroon.
Proof of the seriousness of his situation, the famous journalist was placed in police custody at the end of his day of hearing at the SED. He will therefore spend his first night behind bars, awaiting his probable release.