LATimes
Reporting from Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Haitian authorities took deposed dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to a courthouse for questioning Tuesday amid calls that he be charged with crimes against humanity.
In Duvalier's 15 years in power and during the regime of his father before him, as many as 30,000 Haitian civilians are believed to have been killed, many others tortured and hundreds of thousands forced into exile, human-rights groups say. The younger Duvalier is suspected of stealing up to $300 million from Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.
Haitian authorities said he would be questioned and could be released before the end of the day. It was not clear what, if any, charges the Haitian judiciary would be contemplating. Under international law, however, Duvalier could face indictment for the alleged murder and torture of thousands of opponents, human-rights activists say.
The Haitian cops probably just want his bank account numbers and PIN. Then they'll be done with him.
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