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Tuesday 04 December 2012
Tanzanian tycoon Reginald Mengi must pay over a million euros to British blogger
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Reginald Mengi, a Tanzanian industrialist and media tycoon
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By Michel Arseneault

The High Court in London has ordered Reginald Mengi, Tanzanian media tycoon, to pay more than a million euros in legal fees to a British blogger. Mengi sued Sarah Hermitage for libel after she used her blog to explain how threats and harassment forced her to leave her farm in Tanzania - a farm she had purchased from a Mengi family member. A High Court judge found Mengi had "encouraged or permitted" a hostile and defamatory coverage in two of his Dar Es Salaam newspapers, The Guardian and Nipashe. Hermitage, who now lives in Canterbury, England, spoke to RFI.
 

tags : Blogger - Britain - Corruption - Justice - Tanzania
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The High Court Judge is quite

Submitted by onewhoknows (not verified) on Thu, 2013-01-10 05:29.

The High Court Judge is quite simply WRONG - and obviously clueless. -- Ms Hermitage persecuted the richer, more famous brother for the sins of one that was not such a good target. She should know that what she has done will come back in spades to haunt her.... and she knows what she has done...Ms Hermitage -- why don't you tell them who is helping you fund Mr. Mengi's persecusion ? .. It is 2012 / 2013 and still the Brittish are ruining what is still good in Africa.... I am disgusted at this outcome.. It is just plain WRONG

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