Congolese authorities investigate Australian man for alleged illegal diamond trading but he says he was set up
An Australian man stranded in the Congo because of the coronavirus pandemic is accused of illegally buying diamonds in the central African nation and a government investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, Olivier Lokolomba, a Sydney-based Australian citizen born in the Congo, has come forward to dispute parts of a recentThe article reported the couple had founded a non-government organisation to do humanitarian work and included Mr Bagala's claims he has been honoured as joint-chieftain of Bokuma village and given land in the remote forested region of Opala.
Mr Bagala travelled to the Congo in February and his visa application shows he was admitted to the country as the guest of Michel and Olivier Lokolomba. His fiance joined him in March. Jean Tongo Bandamali, the provincial Minister for the Interior and Security, also confirmed he had seen evidence of Mr Bagala's aid work, including clearing roads and land for an airstrip, repairing a bridge and supplying medicines to health centres.
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