South Africa, US, UK withholding information in UN crash probe: lawyer

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He notes that several countries including France, Belgium, Sweden and Zimbabwe had responded to his questions, but the US, Britain and South Africa had not, even though they had designated an 'independent appointee' to handle his requests.

A lawyer appointed by the United Nations to probe the mysterious 1961 plane crash death of secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold said Monday that the United States, Britain and South Africa were withholding information.

Tanzanian lawyer Mohamed Chande Othman said in a report released by current Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he would need more time to finish his review of the crash in present-day Zambia because those countries weren't responding to his questions. "Information of the type requested is the missing link that makes the present picture incomplete, and its conspicuous absence from the record means that conclusions about the cause of the crash cannot yet be reached," Othman wrote.

"South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States must be almost certain to hold important undisclosed information."

 

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