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11/24/2004:

"Mark Thatcher to face coup questions"

Sir Mark Thatcher must face questioning by investigators from Equatorial Guinea over charges he helped finance a foiled coup plot there, a South African court ruled today.

Three high court judges sitting in Cape Town upheld an approach by Equatorial Guinea to question the businessman son of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea said last week that they had charged Sir Mark in connection with the alleged coup plot and would seek his extradition.

In brief remarks outside court, Sir Mark, 51, said the ruling was "long" and he would be studying it with his legal team. Sir Mark's lawyer, Alan Bruce-Brand, said it was too soon to say what their next step would be.

Full Article : guardian.co.uk