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Saturday, August 22, 2015

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Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Remains in Custody for Rape Charges



JOHANNESBURG – One of the grandchildren of late South African President Nelson Mandela has been held in custody for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in a public restroom in Johannesburg in early August, according to press reports on Friday.

In accordance with South African law, the name of Mandela’s 24-year-old grandson will not be made public until charges are officially announced, though he will be kept behind bars at least until Tuesday, when the judge will rule on possibly setting bail.

The defendant was arrested last weekend after the teenage victim filed a complaint, and he has been in prison ever since.

On Friday, he pleaded before a judge at the Magistrates Court of Johannesburg to be released on bail, but the judge postponed the decision until next week.

According to the young man’s lawyer, the defendant never coerced the victim, adding that even a statutory rape charge would be tenuous, as she told him on several occasions that she was 16 years old, the age of consent in South Africa.

Japan postpones foreign minister’s visit to Russia

TOKYO, August 22. /TASS/. Tokyo is postponing the visit of Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Russia, Japan’s Kyodo News Agency said on Saturday.
Fumio Kishida

Kishida was expected to pay a visit to Russia in late August or early September.
The visit was cancelled amid Saturday’s trip of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to one of the Kuril Islands claimed by Japan.
"We consider that this (Medvedev’s visit) is simply unacceptable," the agency quoted earlier a Japanese diplomat as saying. He stressed that this visit is more significant than the trips of other ministers.
"This move hurts the feelings of Japanese citizens who seek the return of these territories," the diplomat said.
The report on Saturday morning said the Japanese Foreign Ministry plans to voice its protest to the Russian side via diplomatic channels.
Russia’s embassy in Tokyo told TASS that there was a phone conversation on Saturday with the director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s European Affairs Bureau, Hajime Hayashi. The embassy gave no further details on the conversation.
Medvedev arrived on Saturday in the Kuril Islands as part of his working trip to the country’s Far East.