Imtiaz Sooliman – on the alleged kidnapping of SA journalist
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A news reporter reports that a South African journalist has been hotels in Syria and was assaulted by two cars. The reporter and his team have been involved in the situation and are working to obtain success in negotiating and resolving the issue. The reporter also mentions that the journalist is being targeted for their work as a Cree arranged trip to Cape Town.
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Well, in breaking news, a South African journalist has just
reportedly been kidnapped in Syria. And for more details on the
kidnapping, we're very pleased to be joined on the line by Doctor
MTR Suleiman of the gift of the givers to shed more information on
this matter, doctor, a very good morning to you. Can you confirm
indeed, that a South African journalist has been kidnapped in
Syria.
Yes, it was on Tuesday evening. He was on his way out from a place
called darcosh. There was a Turkish border. People from
hospitals were linked to me, but exporting him out of the country.
It's normally a very safe route. The ambulance is normally travel
on that route to the Turkish border. Suddenly, from nowhere,
two cars stopped the car that was carrying him, and they took them
in our car and tried the car followed from another place, one
hour away. They then took a South African person to ask Mohammed,
and when the other two Syrians asked him, What are you doing with
him? I said, No, it's nothing serious. We just want to clear
some misunderstanding and will return him in two days. That was
supposed to be on Thursday, but till now, we have not heard from
him or from them. Doctor, I couldn't really make out what you
were saying there, because I can't hear you. But do we know how and
why the journalist was kidnapped, and can you verify at this stage
which organization he works for?
He he was doing a independent photographer. He was doing a photo
shoot in Syria. He works for himself. And he was he was honest.
He was there for five days, and then was getting ready to leave
the country. So he was taken by a group, and we're not sure which
group that, but we know when he was stopped, the people who who
were taking him, they were people from my hospital, from the
Catholics hospital. They told them not to worry. It's not dangerous.
It's just a misunderstanding. So we don't know why he was taken and
what the reasons are. We are still waiting for that. Alright, and
Doctor, I understand you are on your way. Are you on your way to
go and negotiate? What is your role in this whole matter Cape
Town? This is a Cree arranged trip to Cape Town, and this happened
suddenly. So I have teams on the ground. I am directly involved
with them. I'm glad you know what to do, but I have a very strong
team inside Syria. We have 200 people working for us, so we quite
set aside that we will achieve some success in the next few days.
Thank you so much for that. That is Doctor MTS Suleiman. He is, of
course, the CEO of the gift of the givers, and he's just giving us
some information on what has happened around the use of a South
African journalist that has just been kidnapped out in Syria the.