(PressTV) French President Nicolas Sarkozy's holiday in Morocco has impelled the father of a young man who died in French police custody to plea for the reopening the 17-year-old case.
The letter was sent Monday by Mohammed Tais to Sarkozy and Morocco's King Mohammed VI, AFP reported. In the letter, Tais calls for a fresh probe and more transparency in the case.
Tais wishes that the "truth about the circumstances surrounding my son's death be known."
Pascal Tais, a suspected drug addict of Moroccan extraction, was found dead in his holding cell in April, 1993 in a police station in southwest France.
An autopsy at the time ruled that a ruptured spleen and subsequent internal bleeding were the causes of death, noting hat Pascal had suffered from fractured ribs, a perforated lung and a head injury.
Pascal had been arrested following a road accident in Arcachon that led to a brawl. He reportedly refused treatment and became violent. Police officers then struck him with batons on the hands, legs and chest in an attempt to calm him down and locked him up over night.
Several French courts have refused to allow new investigations into whether French police, who admittedly used force to subdue Pascal, were responsible for his death.
The European Court of Human Rights said in 2006 that there should be a new probe.
Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni, who have been vacationing in Morocco for the past three days are due to return to Paris on December 31.
The letter was sent Monday by Mohammed Tais to Sarkozy and Morocco's King Mohammed VI, AFP reported. In the letter, Tais calls for a fresh probe and more transparency in the case.
Tais wishes that the "truth about the circumstances surrounding my son's death be known."
Pascal Tais, a suspected drug addict of Moroccan extraction, was found dead in his holding cell in April, 1993 in a police station in southwest France.
An autopsy at the time ruled that a ruptured spleen and subsequent internal bleeding were the causes of death, noting hat Pascal had suffered from fractured ribs, a perforated lung and a head injury.
Pascal had been arrested following a road accident in Arcachon that led to a brawl. He reportedly refused treatment and became violent. Police officers then struck him with batons on the hands, legs and chest in an attempt to calm him down and locked him up over night.
Several French courts have refused to allow new investigations into whether French police, who admittedly used force to subdue Pascal, were responsible for his death.
The European Court of Human Rights said in 2006 that there should be a new probe.
Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni, who have been vacationing in Morocco for the past three days are due to return to Paris on December 31.
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