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December 14, 2006 @ 1:27 pm
Haitian Kidnappers Release Wyclef Employee
"We freed the journalist after considering how much effort Wyclef is doing to help our sisters and brothers in the forgotten ghettos," one of the captors, who called himself 'The Commader', told SOS Journalistes-Haiti, which helped negotiate Brutus' release.
According to the Daily News, Brutus was kidnapped on Nov. 30, the same day Wyclef geared up in a Santa suit and gave presents to 600 children at his Telemax Studios near Port-au-Prince. The kidnappers wanted $250,000 for the safe return of the Telemax newsman.
That same night, during a performance during his Yele Haiti relief program, 'Clef said into the microphone, "If there are kidnappers out there, listen to me. If we don't stop kidnappings, the country can't develop."
'The Commander', who said he has three children, said "I don't like what I'm doing, but I don't think I have an alternative for the time being," reported the Haitian Times. "Sometimes I really want to stop... I wish I could have a normal life."
Wyclef, who suspects the incident may be related to his laying off employess when he bought the station earlier this year, said "I'm just happy that Mr. Brutus is home alive."
Article tags: Wyclef, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti
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T says:
I think that shit is crazy, even though haiti is my country...I'm not going back that is ridculous and not call for.
December 15, 2006 at 2:11 am