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Sir Anerood Jugnauth : ceux qui ont tué Michaela Harte «n’ont pas le droit de vivre»

Le président de la République, sir Anerood Jugnauth, s’est exprimé sans nuances sur le meurtre de Michaela Hart, touriste irlandaise retrouvée morte dans sa chambre d’hôtel. C’était à Trou-aux-Biches, le mercredi 12 janvier. (Photo: Le couple Jugnauth en compagnie de Marlène Guidi, la directrice du centre de chirurgie esthétique à Trou-aux-Biches.)


Sir Anerood Jugnauth était l’invité d’honneur à la remise de l’Excellence d’Or, au nouveau centre de greffe de cheveux, d’esthétique dentaire et de chirurgie plastique de l’océan Indien.


«Condamnable ! Ce genre de personnes qui ont commis un tel acte, je ne veux pas le dire…mais n’ont pas le droit de vivre », a sévèrement lancé Sir Anerood Jugnauth (SAJ), sur le drame survenu au Legends le 10 janvier dernier.


Le président de la République se positionne ainsi une nouvelle fois en faveur de la réintroduction de la peine de mort et déplore la mauvaise publicité engendrée par toute cette affaire.


«C’est vraiment triste ce qui s’est passé et ce drame peut faire beaucoup de tort a Maurice», a-t-il lancé.Rappelons qu’au lendemain de cet incident, Nando Bodha, ministre du Tourisme, avait tenu à faire ressortir que Maurice était une destination sûre et que c’était la première fois qu’on est confronté à une telle situation.


Et toujours à ce propos, Nando Bodha avait accordé une interview à RTE News, la radio nationale d’Irlande et à BBC Belfast, où le ministre a fait ressortir que Maurice était un état de droit et qu’une enquête approfondie était en cours.


Rappelons que hier, 12 janvier, Avinash Treebhowon, le principal suspect dans le meurtre de la jeune touriste irlandaise, a impliqué Sandip Moneea, 41 ans, le floor supervisor, comme étant son complice dans cette affaire.


Raj Teekoy, 33 ans, également valet de chambre, est, lui aussi poursuivi pour complicité.&nbsp Les trois hommes ont comparu en cour de Mapou, toujours hier 12 janvier, où des charges provisoires d’assassinat ont été logées contre eux. Ils ont été ensuite reconduits en cellule policière jusqu’au 19 janvier prochain. Selon les dernières informations de la police, la reconstitution des faits auront lieu ce jeudi 13 janvier.


Pour en revenir à SAJ, ce dernier a débarqué hier de Rodrigues où il a assisté à la prestation de serment&nbsp du nouveau Chef commissaire Gaëtan Jhabeemissur.


Par ailleurs, c’est toujours à Rodrigues que le président a appris la nouvelle de l’accident d’une rare violence qui a impliqué un van et un camion, le matin du 12 janvier. SAJ se dit attristé par ce tragique accident et a tenu à présenter ses condoléances aux proches des onze victimes qui y ont laissé leur vie.

Commentaires

andros | 01/13/11

De quel DROIT parlez vous SAJ? le droit de vivre, le droit de tuer? soyez clair, appeler les choses par leur nom si vous avez un peu de C...courage!
Allezzzz y finissons-en: tuer tous les criminels, pendons les partout dans tous les coins de Maurice? au Reduit par exemple, c'est un lieu ideal, tous les mauriciens seront la, faites couler le sang, c'est une super image de Maurice a L'etranger ca!
Du meme coup, les prisons se videront et l'etat aura un soucis en moins, bien sur que du jour au lendemain, les criminels ne tueront plus, nous vivrons heureux dans la plus grande securit....les mains pleines de sang et des morts sur notre conscience....
Tuer, tuer, faites de nous tous les citoyens mauriciens des criminels comme ces criminels qui tuent pour une bouchee de pain!
c'est ca que veut le peuple? avec une justice et certains hommes de loi aussi corrompus a Maurice, vous etes vraiment conscient de ce que vous dites SAJ ???

Dindoul | 01/13/11

I agree 100% with Anerood Jugnauth for the reintroduction of the death penalty for heinous crime like these.These blood sucking parasites has no place in civilized society.

QP | 01/13/11

My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved. Everytime I see SAJ these days, I feel like begging him to come back to the political arena and bring some sanity back into our motherland. Nobody can dispute that crime level was at its lowest during SAJ's ruling days. Law and Order is now a blurry affair, sitting at the bottom of the list of priorities. Swiss cheese model- Quand choola pa p allimer dans lacaz, abe pou coquin tuer ek commet crime becomes a must. Quand la drogue vine ene problem, nimporte ki malin capav couyone ou pou faire pu faire ene crime pou gagne ene fix. Quand pena travail, pena manzer. Quand pena manzer, ene crime, dezorde partout. SAJ, hear my plea! One more time!

ashley | 01/13/11

certains mauriciens sont dsesprs . Ils veulent avoir de l'argent facilement. certains ne respectent plus la vie humains et les autorits sont incapables de comprendre la situation..ou de prendre des dcisions ....peut-tre il attend un tour de magie du ciel comme solution....

Henry | 01/13/11

pendi banne criminels oui,mais,attention,parfois innocents oussi pou alle pendi.Combien innocent ont pass derrire les barreaux et aprs 15 30 ans ils sont innocents.
SAJ dire mette pendi,ki fer pa dire mette la loi dans Maurice et tire tous banne mangeurs gousses.Maurice enna beaucoup criminels,violeurs,voleurs Si enna enne la loi severe ,banne crimes pou dimunier.
Enne touriste mort,(mo condoleance pour toute la famille),mo bien chagrin pou madame l.Mais enna autant meurtres dans maurice,ki pe arriv.Banne avocats defanne zottes et voil aprs un moment banne criminels la sorti.
Maurice enne pays corrompu, la loi pour banne riches.pense bien avant introduire pendi.
Dans le monde entier enna criminels,pas seulement dans Maurice.
Once again my condoleances go to the berieved family of Michaella.

kajaal j | 01/13/11

Here we go again. Do people in mauritius realise how much this sad and tragic loss of a honeymooner would shake the trust of foreigners and european travellers. Being settled in UK for nearly a decade,it saddens me deeply when i learn about some shocking crimes happening in mauritius in the recent years. When will our politicians wake up? When will they act on these out of order acts? We are all proud to be mauritians as we were brought up in a very peaceful country which we called Paradise? Ask yourself people, do u really think Mauritius is Paradise now? yes, as a fellow commentator said PARADISE FOR CRIMINALS! paradise for the rich society and businessmen and politicians,not for the rest of the society who are struggling so hard!!! is this what all mauritians voted for? is this what we all want from out government? what will i reply to people who will ask me about mauritius whom I have always impressed by the hospitality and excellent friendliness of my mauritian brothers and sisters. PLease people let's make our country proud of us. If we can't make anything better, then don't make it worse. my heart goes to the family of the victim.

andros | 01/13/11

@Dindoul: alors pour vous, une socit qui tue des criminels est une socit civilise???? c'est sur que c'est un crime atroce, mais c'est quoi la difffrence entre une personne qui tue et une socit qui tue avec la peine de mort?
c'est pareil! les deux actes sont INHUMAINS et PAS un brin CIVILIS comme comportement!

nathalie | 01/13/11

Bravo ashley je suis d'accord...nous sommes prts a tout pour de l'argent. 180rs d'augumentation de salaire d'une part, et de l'autre cot augumenter tous les produits par 20%, pensez-vous que c'est normal? le peuple devient fou, nous avons tous des problmes d'argent. pensez-vous que si la situation tait moin dure a vivre, cet homme aurait ragi comme a? le gouvernement ne le ralise pas, c'est grave a! et la peine de mort? pourquoi quand il s'agit du meurtre d'une touriste, on parle de peine de mort, alors que dans le cas de ce jeune de 17ans, qui a t sauvagement tu Le Bouchon, le prsident n'a pas parl de peine de mort????

Ruben | 01/13/11

-I don't think these guys meant to kill Mrs Harte. I am sure that after committing this crime they must have felt really stupid. Prison is here to reform convicts not to take their lives away. Yes, perhaps they should be given a lengthy jail sentence but to deprive them of their rights of living is completely out of order.

zezechiel | 01/13/11

-Mo pense ca crime la pe faire tant de vague parski souvent banne crime li cause par la zalouzie dnas ene couple par examp ou la guerre entre camarad de beuverie ou banne dimunn ki enan banne comportement a risque, tel ca ouvrier ki ti dan zardin compagnie a minuit ou bien ca couple de jeune ki ti lor la plage le bouchon la. bien rare enan ene meurtre durant ene cas de vol. deuxieme tou dimoun enan ene famille ki travail dan l'hotel ek ca acte la pou cause ene tort a nou lindustrie tourisme. mo pense si ene touriste chinois ou indien mort coume ca dan honeymoon li ti pou cause meme indignation.

NagamahVee | 01/13/11

-As usual Jugnauth talk the talk and he can also walk the walk... a man of conviction...not like that wimp Ramgoolam whos got a permanent cowardly grin on his face who wont countenance just in case it offends his sensitive, self-regarding liberal conscience. I can see, from some of the comments, the RIGHTS of MURDEROUS MANIACS come before the safety of the Mauritian public. As usual the Funny People wants the state and the taxpayers to mollycoddle these pieces of s..t in prison for the rest of their lives. This is an appalling crime among others, and I believe there is a case for capital punishment. We live in a democracy and I believe most of the people want capital punishment...lets have a referendum on it rather than allowing those hand-wringers politicians discussed it in Parliament. This is about right and wrong and lets makes punishment fit the crime.

Franchement dire | 01/13/11

-First of all, sympathies to the family and husband of the young lady who was killed on her honeymoon.
We can again find easy targets for the blame game - but fundamentally, we need to recognise that we live in a brutal and somewhat uncivilised society. This has been made even worse by the incomptent and utter mismanagement of our economy and society by our so called political leadership - why mention the death penalty now after the death of one tourist ? Why not the drug dealers in Mauritius ? Or how about the corrupt public officials lining their pockets with our tax revenues which could instead fund decent schools / hospitals / infrastructure ? Aren't they also deserving of the death penalty - because ultimately, they are condemning generations to ignorance and poverty.
You can find easy targets to score political points but it takes more courage and guts to address the real problems that Mauritius faces - maybe SAJ can contemplate this from the SUN Trust building and then determine who really are the ones who deserve the death penalty....

coco | 01/13/11

-Those who are saying that because the cost of living have increased are crazy. If this is so, everywhere in the world, people are suffering because prices are going up. that does not mean that each and every1 are doing such stupid act. the problem is mauritian mentality has changed. we cannot blame the authority because of this, i think people should behave like human n not like animals. I hope that these people are severely punished.

ScieNik | 01/13/11

-Ancien membre d'Amnesty, j'ai appris un jour cette phrase 'How can you show that killing is a crime by killing ?" Qu'en pensez-vous SAJ? Et qu'en pense le PMSD?

NEIL BOOJHARUT | 01/13/11

-It's so very sad to hear this type of news especially to thousands of mauritians living in the UK. After what happened to ANI in South Africa,who would have thought Michaella would lost her life in Mauritius. We were supposed to be the safest place on earth....NOT ANY MORE

SAD | 01/13/11

-Everyday that someone gets killed in Mauritius is a sad dark day for Mauritius. But who is this guy who decides who has the right to live? Where was he when there was the double murder of Bassin Blanc?

cozesekibizin | 01/13/11

-Merci Mr President. We want to be Singapore but with no deterrent and strict actions against crimes. Either you are a safe land or a land of bandits as we are landing towards. Bisin remettre la peine capital ONCE FOR ALL. The one who commits must pay. Arrete ecoute the philosophies of those who claim with flaw that society must reflect a place to be kinder than criminals and their behaviour. What the heck about this thinking. Death Penalty was used in the majority civilisations even before our saintly books were written. It remain a fact on which great civilizations and countries and nations were built. it is still used in knowledge based countries and will never be removed. Or let us be the next......idiots full of wisdom in the face of criminals.

akwaba | 01/13/11

-Maurice li pas sel dans sa bann qualite crime , dans tou pays enna sa mo penser pas bsoin faire ene scandale r sa nouvel la, au moins maurice pas mort par balle , si ou alle dans autre pays ou mort par balle . on appelle sa evolution bann pays

Raffick | 01/13/11

-You prefer to leave Navin in the seat of PM and continue will all his stupid mistakes rather than Join hand with Berenger to get rid with him. You will have to answer one day

NEIL BOOJHARUT | 01/13/11

-These thieves and criminals did not realise by killing poor Michaella,they have taken away a beautiful daughter and lovely sister.Internally our so-called paradise island is non-existant,externally they've killed it now.

lolo | 01/13/11

-Qui fair ceux qui ont tu Michaela Harte nont pas le droit de vivre ,me banne dimoune qui tu banne maler dans moris la li pa dire nanire la ena la loi riche et pauvre a moris.

Jessie | 01/13/11

-I live in Canada and we never hear of Mauritius there. It was only on the BBC, we saw this news. Don't get me wrong but don't believe these politicians that Mauritius is becoming very known in the world. No one knows about this island in the west esp. in the Americas. So,I believe that these politicians are doing a disservice to the people of Mauritius by cooking up lies about the status of the island.
I also believe that some people should be held accountable for this because it is going to hurt the tourism industry. Some politicians should take a personal responsibility for this tragedy and resign.
Blame game is not the order of the day at this time!

Rabin | 01/13/11

-This is very very sad for Mauritius. But did the guy meant to kill or did he kill because of stupidity? Correct me if i m wrong, but the previous crimes committed in Mauritius were far more brutal where people got murdered by 'animals', and no politician then screamed for Death Penalty?

dr | 01/13/11

Most politicians say things that people want to hear. SAJ has always and still has the courage to say what he believes. A leader should not be a puppet, a leader needs to take position, and SAJ has by far proven to be the best leader, the one who really held Mauritius firm and on the path of social and economic success

Yul | 01/13/11

Second try ( hopefully it will be printed this time); With all due respect to the dead and their families and may the dead rest in peace, how come no one is hysterical about those poor ( in every sense of the word) Bangladeshis who got killed also . There are some who are ashamed to be known as mauritians overseas , why? If Mauritius is such as PARADISE, how come you are overseas like the Bangladeshis were in Mauritius. The island has ceased to be a paradise since 1968 when Mauritians were killing each other for political reasons and communalism and why did SO many left the island in the 70's. 80's 90's for economic reasons.Paradise , yes for the tourists who are shielded from the slums by " des murs de la honte" all along the coasts. Paradise for those expats who are living on the coasts making 4or 5 times more than Mauritians because they feel they are worth it because their compatriots friends are investing on the island while giving measly menial jobs to the uneducated ( yeah giving employment to locals) and keep the better jobs for their friends instead of training the educated youngsters coming out of universities. Haven't we heard " Innocent until proven guilty" ? Who is to say that another guest didn't commit that killing? Who can prove otherwise ( apart from what the police is saying to practice CYA with the foreign press)? Granted, it is sad that a young person lost her life inside a secured area on the island but the hotel establishment may have lax internal security or is NOT in the practice of vetting its employees ( something they better review) . This is common thing in most of the seaside resorts around the world - whether one is in Cancun, SA , Brazil etc.
PARADISE is ONLY a misnomer used by the trade spinmasters and goo-goo eyes $$$$$$ politocos . Is any one crying for those workers from Bangladesh who live below poverty ? Aren't we ashamed to see poor innocents who won't be able to provide for their families back home . For sure Mauritus is not a PARADISE for these workers- same as those Mauritians working as migrant workers in other lands to provide for their families backhome. Ashamed to be known as Mauritians in the UK, Eire or Australia- just look at yourself in the mirror, for Christ's sake!!!!!!!!!

Le Naif | 01/13/11

Si l'ile Maurice a un jour eu un homme avec l'toffe d'un chef d'tat ( n'en dplaise certains) c'tait bien SSR, malgr les circonstances difficiles de l'poque et son ge avanc. Depuis Brenger nous a du et la descente aux enfers a commenc avec le rgne Jugnauth depuis 1982 et aujourd'hui il voudrait qu'on sorte d'une barbarie une autre. Parceque pour lui comme l'iran il n'y a que la barbarie comme solution et tre aussi inconscient pour applaudir un tel individu est d'une irresponsabilit qui va anantir ce pays. Et quand il vient parler de corruption que je qualifierais d'indcence inqualifiable de sa part ( vous n'avez qu'a voir le dernier projet du GM. concernant medpoint pour comprendre mon point). Et quand Ramgoolam a laiss tomber un Sithanen au profit de Pravind Jugnauth, son message tait clair concernant les valeurs morales; Et comme l'exemple vient d'en haut, son message a probablement t reu 5 sur 5 par la population.

Richard | 01/13/11

It's true that there are some very serious problems in mauritius. The corruption that prevails among some politicians and the uneven distribution of wealth and income is causing more and more of this type of problem.
But the mauritians have a share, mainly the hindus, who monopolize power and are the most corrupt. Look at ramgoolam, jugnauth, bachoo, berenger etc, they are the same people coming and going over the years, where are the young people??

Anyway, i am a mauritian living in switzerland and i can say to you that mauritius needs seriously to change politics and entirely review the police force, the judiciary system and many others!! I don't want my country to become like india !!

Zil | 01/13/11

I agree to most of what you said. Most of the posts in this blog, if not all, do not consider the fact that in our society it is now normal to harm others to get ahead, either as an individual or as an ethnic/religious group. Some religious leaders have unfortunately condoned and endorsed hatred, violence and injustice against people who do not belong to their groups. Conscience does not accept partial anesthesia, it just goes to sleep when we decide to be immoral, or worse to be amoral, in our dealing with others. Especially when the anesthasia comes from those who are supposed to sharpen our sense of good and bad. But what I wanted to say most about your blog is to please not associate Christ with our sad situation. This paradise of ours is so different from His.

Yul | 01/13/11

WTF; Why do you put Iran in the equation? Why not the US where the death penalty is still applicable in some states ? Always bigotry has to be included by some Mauritians!!!

Mira | 01/13/11

This case gives me goosebumps because we always stay at resorts in Mauritius during our vacation and I have always worried about my kids going to the room alone during the day to pick up things while we are on the beach or staying in the room sometimes to read or watch TV because I really do not like the back and forth of the workers entering our rooms. Part of the training of these workers should be that tourists and now more and more Mauritian expats are normal people like them and not millionaires. We all work hard (money does not grow on trees overseas..in fact, some people living there, even those with little education,are wealther than those living overseas) and save our money for vacations and if they want to steal they can just do that because everyone can recover but they should not kill. I agree with SAJ that capital punishment should be reintroduced not only for this tourist but also for all crimes including rape committed on all Mauritians as well. I can't believe the jerk who killed the tourist is complaining about Police brutality. For the sake of a small island that depends on tourism, capital punishment is a must so the creeps will think twice. I admire and congratulate the Mauritian Police Force for promptly catching criminals in most of the cases.

SB | 01/13/11

SAJ like any other mauritian is entitled to an opinion and can vent it freely. SAJ is well known for speaking his mind. I would go for some kind of corporal punishment first and capital punishment in the very extreme cases only. A reform of the system is badly needed. Prisoners have too easy a life at our prison......3 meals a day, clean bed sheet, recreational time, free accomodation, no work.....what else do you need?????Prisoners should be made to work for everything that they receive in prison. No work...no food...nothing. We should make prison an unwelcoming place.....only then crime rate will diminish in Mauritius.

Avi | 01/13/11

if these bastards are guilty of crime kill them. just too bad. mauritius cannot suffer because of a few people who are darkening the reputation of this country.

the darknight | 01/13/11

encore 1 dimoun in mort pour rien!ki sa fam la in fer zot! "ils nont pas le droit de vivre" .wai,in arrive l'heure pou fer zot comprend!!

MBCTV | 01/13/11

@YUL. Well observed and well said with regards to the death penalty existing in the US.Alyhough the gun laws,existing in the same US allows Americans to execute people,without the permission from the Courts for legalised murder!!Could le naif be naive as illustrated by his distorted sense of history?

Yousouf | 01/13/11

Bon Sir A. jugnauth a dit ke ces personnes n'ont pa le droit de vivre. Ok on est d'accord. Mais est-ce le premier crime a l'Ile Maurice? Pourquoi quand est-ce qu'il concerne une etrangere il a sursaute e non pa quand il y a eu tant de crime. Et il en a des crimes plus pires que celui la.

marie | 01/14/11

Il a fallu en arriver l ! Bien sr, tout le monde est choqu par ce crime crapuleux mais est-ce bien tonnant ? Cela fait quelques annes dj qu'on constate une escalade de la violence dans l'le, dont les premires victimes sont les Mauriciens eux-mmes, sans parler des touristes. On a qu' ouvrir nos journaux. Et que font les autorits ? Je suis mme tonne d'entendre que Maurice soit une destination sre. Elle ne l'est plus depuis quelque temps dj malheureusement. Combien de fois j'ai eu honte lorsque des amis ou connaissances revenant de vacances dans l'le expriment leur dception, voire dgot car ils ont t victimes de vols, agressions ... Et tous ces contracteurs sans scrupule qui n'hsitent pas escroquer leurs propres compatriotes installs l'tranger et restent impunis. Je parle en connaissance de cause et toutes ces victimes n'ont aucun recours : les hommes de loi ou la police vous le disent franchement. Il est grand temps que tout cela cesse !

Erihu | 01/14/11

Je dirai bravo au President d'avoir donne son avis. Pour ou contre la peine de mort, cela ne va pas resoudre le probleme de 'law & order' qui gangrene le pays. Ce serait plutot un travail de longue haleine sur l'education et les vraies valeurs de la vie. Mon inquietude cependant, est le silence du Premier ministre - ou est t'il donc? N'est'il pas responsable de securite et des affaires interieurs? Une affaire de cette envergure qui concerne Maurice faisant la une de la presse etrangere - ne se sent'il pas concerne par le meutre de Michaela Harte pour faire une declaration officielle? 35 ans que je vis en Grande Bretagne, on entend rarement parler des Irlandais sauf quand il y a des attentats de L'IRA contre les interets Britanniques, ou encore moins de Maurice. Cette malheureuse histoire fait le tour du monde, repercutee par la BBC de L'Australie j'usqu'au Canada... Serait'il une reponse du berger a la bergere sur les revendications de Maurice sur les Chagos? A gentle butterfly's wing flap from UK can cause the worst cyclone Mauritius has ever known.

susan | 01/14/11

Please bring back hanging, Criminals r not fit to live in society, They should rot in hell or stoned to slow death... Well done to the mauritian policemen.....

Nagarjuna | 01/14/11

All you lesser mortals bow your head, get down on your knees and pray to the God on two legs who lives amongst us. SAJ is His name! You'd better remember this name or else! Behold HIs wrinkly face and deathly demeanour. Scatter rose petals in his path wherever He goes and envelope him with the scent of the finest incense. Although on the verge of kicking the bucket himself, he is revealing to us his Divine Insights by telling us how to deal with murderers - be a nation of barbarians, execute the buggers!! When state after state in the US and several countries are abolishing the death penalty, our local God is telling us that He knows
better. If we listen to HIm it will be the return to the Dark Ages for us spiritually ...and economically. Even nazis war criminals do not face the death penalty nowadays. The spiritual evolution of mankind cannot continue if the death penalty is not abolished all over the world. The evolution of the soul of SAJ stopped a long time ago. He is fake God! Listen to this God at your peril. By the way he is a God only in Mauritius.

filous | 01/14/11

Common SAJ wake up death penalty will not resolve this society wild way of living. People in Mauritius are following examples of our politician. Corruption, petits copains...nou banne ....zotte banne of course they will think killing is normal ,because they think they will get away in their mind....example Government just bought your son's in law clinic ...deal made with the Minister of Finance !!!!!!!!!!!! what kind of signal is being sent to the population????? do what ever you want it's normal......Good luck with your death penalty motion ....Banana republic

zigzag | 01/14/11

Sincere condolence and deepest sympathy to both sides of the bereaved families. What a wasteful and senseless death of such a young woman! Not only have they killed an innocent life but by their wanton act, these criminals have indeed inflicted further damage to the reputation of 2 categories of people around them. Firstly they have tarnished the good reputation of large majority of honest, hardworking and loyal hotel staff and secondly they have condemned their OWN families to an unwarranted life sentence of guilt, shame and retribution. Such penultimate price and consequence of their thoughtless moment of madness intertwined with greedy intention followed by evil action! As for the MCIT's methodology used to extract confessions from these presumed suspects, well that's another story altogether; I suppose it's a case of desperate situations requiring desperate measures for positive outcomes!
Next it remains for the Court to see that justice is dispensed accordingly through sentences befitting the crime. In contemplation as judge and executioner, the overall opinion of the grand Mauritian public is to commit life for life. Obviously public's reaction is for capital punishment to be meted out, but from past evidence of high profile cases, this remains to be seen how and what the legal sentence translates itself in final analysis.
Meanwhile, another long and damage-limitation PR exercise lies ahead to prove and reassure all prospective tourists that their safety and welfare will be catered also during their sojourn in our 4-Star hotels, never mind those remaining establishments with less ribbons to their credit! After all, news of this dreadful act in our so-called Paradise Island have already been beamed Worldwide with flashing headlines in the media throughout the British Isles. As for us Mauritians living abroad, specially in UK and Ireland, we cringe with both shame and embarrassment at the least mention of the name of our sunshine island by the natives for obvious reason, of course!

jacky | 01/14/11

La restoration de la peine de mort ne serait pas une solution efficace. Tant que les gens trouveront une satisfaction pecuniaire ou materielle travers une activit illicite il y aura coup sr ce genre de scenario dans bon nombre de cas. Lindividu se retrouvant pris la main dans le sac ou en situation compremettante passera lacte peine de mort ou pas. Il commetra lirreparable du fait que toute logique ou lucidit se retrouvera recal dans lechelle de jugement. La peine de mort, mon avis,n est un rituel politico-judicio-social servant rendre justice dans des cas de crimes gratuits et atroces sans plus. Il faut crever labcs et admettre une bonne fois pour toute que Maurice se trouve sur un brasier.

rambo | 01/14/11

Really shocking . If only SAJ was the PM , and if Navin could have acted as bold as SAJ . Whenever there is a problem of national issue, the PM hides behind silence . This reminds me of the 1999 riots . Come on wake up Navin , the mauritian nation is not the people of no 6 , which you can cajole with laptops or ipods. If you could learn some basic political lessons from SAJ !! this was our primary concern , and wishes, when MSM and Labour were coalitioned !! . You are getting older Man, so its now or never , even if there is need to do away with those , not willing to get Capital Punishment reestablished. Redorer ton blazon Navin, sinon ce sera trop tard/

Mauritian | 01/14/11

First of all, I present my deepest sympathy to the victim's close ones the whole of Mauritius deeply feels sad! The majority of the public has always been in favour of capital punishment even RAMGOOLAM was 'in favour' but that was during electoral campaign! He must have received massive votes from those believed in his false promise about reintroduction of capital punishment. Till now, he utters no word despite so many horrible murders continuing. Not excluded that he must have had to keep quiet on the issue when his notorious allies (Valayden in favour of drugs & sodomy both Xavier & Valayden against capital punishment). In contrast, SAJ has been a firm leader that has never been paralleled in our history (PRAVIN has inherited only the name of his father, not his qualities). Under SAJ's leadership, our country knew economic boom, security (even hanging was reintroduced before it was removed by PT) but when people go to vote, sadly they care more for their 'belonging' than to these issues which are politically not rewarding. Now that murder has reached a high profile personality, we hope to relieve ourselves of the burden to pay taxes that will be used to pay for the comforts of the murderers. Again, we do not have faith in our legal system! Magistrate parking car in motorcycle parking & pointing pistol yet whitewashed of all accusation, Tirvengadum presented 'ill' each time having to present in court, street sellers hanging articles for sale on panel where it's written 'hawkers not allowed', murder in company garden about halfway between parliament & line barracks, Vanessa Lagesse case - the main inspector who was fit & a witness died while the main the accused ... DNA test revealing ... and the list goes on long. Our police has been doing a good work but our politicians & legal system have been making our country look like a cheap banana republic. I request the victim to use their own legal means to get justice Mauritians will be on their side!

Observer | 01/14/11

-Your written opinion is a load of nonsense at the most inappropriate time.

kavish | 01/14/11

si met 1 la loi li bizin aplik pou tou dimoun...zordi 1 coupab p pass par la peine de mort...b si demain 1 inocent pass par la,kisanla pou retourn so lavi...??pena person ki kav fer sa....Coruption ena partou....met zot dan plas sa inocent ki p pass par la peine de mort avan zot dir ou ecrire tou kalitE nerport....merci...