{"id":4387,"date":"2025-03-27T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzz7.info\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:28:06","slug":"lat-diop-remains-in-detention-the-general-prosecutors-office-blocks-his-provisional-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4387","title":{"rendered":"LAT DIOP REMAINS IN DETENTION: THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR&#8217;S OFFICE BLOCKS HIS PROVISIONAL RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiyoJeRk6qMAxXXwAIHHasFJ_IQ3ewLegQIDBAU\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Former Minister of Sports and former Director General of the Senegalese National Lottery (Lonase), Lat Diop, will not be released for the time being. While the Financial Indictment Chamber granted him provisional release under electronic monitoring on Tuesday, March 26, 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office immediately filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, effectively suspending any release. A Judicial Standoff Over His Detention The Financial Indictment Chamber's decision provided for release under strict conditions, including the wearing of an electronic bracelet. However, by appealing to the Supreme Court, the Public Prosecutor's Office blocked the execution of this measure, thus extending Lat Diop's detention pending a new review of the case. Serious Charges Incarcerated since September 26, 2024, Lat Diop is facing charges of embezzlement of public funds, extortion, and money laundering, involving an estimated 8 billion CFA francs. These proceedings follow a complaint filed by Mouhamed Dieng, head of 1xBet Senegal.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Former Minister of Sports and former Director General of the Senegalese National Lottery (Lonase), Lat Diop, will not be released for the time being. While the Financial Indictment Chamber granted him provisional release under electronic monitoring on Tuesday, March 26, 2025, the Public Prosecutor's Office immediately filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, effectively suspending any release.\r\nA Judicial Standoff Over His Detention\r\n\r\nThe Financial Indictment Chamber's decision provided for release under strict conditions, including the wearing of an electronic bracelet. However, by appealing to the Supreme Court, the Public Prosecutor's Office blocked the execution of this measure, thus extending Lat Diop's detention pending a new review of the case.\r\nSerious Charges\r\n\r\nIncarcerated since September 26, 2024, Lat Diop is facing charges of embezzlement of public funds, extortion, and money laundering, involving an estimated 8 billion CFA francs. These proceedings follow a complaint filed by Mouhamed Dieng, head of 1xBet Senegal.<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-target-rmn tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiyoJeRk6qMAxXXwAIHHasFJ_IQ3ewLegQIDBAU\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Since his placement in Rebeuss prison, his lawyers have repeatedly requested his provisional release, putting forward arguments related to his health and proposing alternative measures, such as judicial supervision or electronic monitoring. With this new legal development, the outcome of the case remains uncertain, and Lat Diop remains in detention for the time being.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Since his placement in Rebeuss prison, his lawyers have repeatedly requested his provisional release, putting forward arguments related to his health and proposing alternative measures, such as judicial supervision or electronic monitoring.\r\n\r\nWith this new legal development, the outcome of the case remains uncertain, and Lat Diop remains in detention for the time being.<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-target-rmn tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-rmn\" class=\"tw-data-placeholder tw-text-small tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"\">Source: rts.sn<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Sports and former Director General of the Senegalese National Lottery (Lonase), Lat Diop, will not be released for the time being. While the Financial Indictment Chamber granted him provisional release under electronic monitoring on Tuesday, March 26, 2025, the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office immediately filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, effectively suspending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-senegambia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4390,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions\/4390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}