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06KINSHASA270 2006-02-17 12:28 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
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171228Z Feb 06
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000270 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KPAO PHUM CG
SUBJECT: JED GOES PUBLIC WITH REPORT ABOUT KILLING OF 
JOURNALIST 
 
REF: A) 05 Kinshasa 2024 
 
-    B) 05 Kinshasa 1938 
-    C) 05 Kinshasa 1862 
 
Sensitive But Unclassified.  Not for Internet 
distribution. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: A report by Congolese NGO Journaliste 
en Danger (JED) purports to tie the murder last 
November of journalist/political adviser Franck Ngyke 
Kangundu to PPRD party politics.  JED's President and 
General Secretary have gone underground, following 
threats supposedly linked to JED's investigation.  The 
New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists and 
France-based Reporters Sans Frontiers have taken up 
JED's call for an independent investigation.  The 
Interior Minister, meanwhile, has reportedly filed a 
defamation suit. It is far from sure an independent 
inquiry would support JED's implication that this is a 
matter of a murderous cover-up or embezzlement of state 
funds.  What is clear in the JED report is the extent 
to which the press is manipulated and corrupted by 
politics. End Summary. 
 
"Le Soft International" Breaks the Story 
-------------------------------------- 
 
2. (U) In its report - excerpted in the weekly "Le Soft 
International" on February 8 (and again on February 
13), and carried on its website (www.jed-afrique.org) 
since February 14 -- JED maintains that the killing of 
Franck Ngyke Kangundu and his wife Helene Paka was not 
a botched robbery attempt, as apparently claimed by 
authorities (reftels).  JED suggests, rather, that 
Kangundu was killed before he could reveal information 
regarding either the transfer of large funds abroad, 
and/or a power struggle within the PPRD party of Joseph 
Kabila, in the province of Bandundu. 
 
3. (U) The PPRD contest for influence in Bandundu is 
not news, and would seem to involve current Interior 
Minister Theophile Mbemba, former Kinshasa governor 
Jean Kimbunda Mudikela, and PPRD Deputy Secretary 
General Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwancol.  On the day he 
died, Franck Kangundu reported having received 
incriminating documents, possibly involving 
embezzlement of large funds, from Liyolo Kimbe, a well- 
known sculptor.  All are from Bandundu Province, 
including Franck Kangundu, who moonlighted over the 
years as a public affairs adviser to Mbemba and then to 
Lukiana, while working as political editor to the daily 
"Reference Plus," and slanting stories in their favor 
(ref C). 
 
4. (SBU) In its report, Journaliste en Danger (JED) 
makes much of the coincidence that last November 2, 
virtually the same day of the murder of Kangundu and 
his wife, journalist Patrice Booto was arrested. Booto 
published an off-the-wall story in September alleging 
that President Joseph Kabila contributed USD 30 million 
from the DRC treasury to educational establishments in 
Tanzania, at a time when teachers were striking in the 
DRC for lack of pay.  The prosecutor of the State 
Security Court is seeking a sentence of 12 months 
imprisonment against Booto for publishing false 
information and for defaming the president and 
government. 
 
5. (SBU) In prior meetings, JED President Donat M'Baya 
Tshimanga told PAO that the regularly phlegmatic Joseph 
 
SIPDIS 
Kabila reportedly exploded in anger upon hearing the 
allegation made by Booto.  While averring that $30 
million was a totally unbelievable amount, Donat M'Baya 
told PAO there might have been a donation from personal 
funds. (The young Kabila attended school in Tanzania.) 
The JED report seems to suggest, then, that Franck 
Kangundu's "documents" could have had elements related 
to this story. 
 
JED in Hiding 
------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Given the alleged death threats following the 
release of JED's annual report in December (ref A), JED 
president Donat M'Baya and JED Secretary General 
Tshivis Tshivuadi have reportedly gone into hiding 
 
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since the "Le Soft" publication of their findings on 
February 8. On February 16, we received an e-mail, 
seemingly from JED President M'Baya, saying he and 
Tshivis are waiting it out in Brazzaville.  He says he 
 
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has been summoned to appear before the police in 
Kinshasa on February 17.  His lawyer will go instead, 
according to the e-mail.  French RFI radio reported on 
February 17 about the precautions being taken by the 
JED leaders. 
 
Radio Okapi Tries to Elucidate 
------------------------------ 
 
7. (U) The popular "Dialogue entre Congolais" political 
talk show on UN Radio Okapi tackled this matter on 
February 13.  None of those mentioned in the JED report 
agreed to appear on the air.  Instead, the Africa 
Directors of both the Committee to Protect Journalists 
(CPJ) and Reporters Sans Frontiers were interviewed. 
(JED is a chapter of the latter.  The CPJ, for its 
part, spoke out against the initial threats made 
against JED in December.)  Both called upon GDRC Vice 
President for Security Ruberwa to make good on his 
promise, made in early November, to mount a thorough 
investigation into the Kangundu murders (ref B).  The 
CPJ published an open Protest Letter it sent to 
President Kabila on February 10, calling for an 
independent inquiry and for assurances for the safety 
of JED staff.  Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mbemba has 
reportedly lodged a defamation suit. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
8. (SBU) While much of the JED analysis about the 
politics of the Kangundu murders is tenuous and far- 
fetched, the JED report is a credible indictment of the 
many Congolese reporters and editors who sully their 
profession by selling stories and editorial slants for 
favors, as Franck Kangundu reportedly did. 
 
9. (SBU) Meanwhile, absent a credible investigation, 
the sky seems to be the limit on speculating about the 
Kangundu case and its consequences.  In its report, JED 
notes bitterly that Franck Kangungu is the sixth 
journalist killed in the Congo in ten years, and none 
of these cases has been brought to trial.  The 
Reporters Sans Frontiers Africa Director suggested on 
Radio Okapi that further bloodshed involving a 
journalist (or a JED staff member) could negatively 
impact on peaceful elections.  Journalists need some 
reassurance about free press in the DRC.  In 
conversations with Congolese journalists, especially 
since early November, the climate of intimidation is 
frequently mentioned as their main concern.  Making 
ends meet comes in second.  In its weekly meeting 
February 16, CIAT members agreed to raise concerns 
arising from these incidents at the next meeting of the 
Espace Presidentiel. 
 
MEECE