NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 19 – The High Court has suspended a government order directing the deportation of four Chinese nationals accused of assaulting an employee at a restaurant in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa.
Justice Luka Kimaru suspended the decision by Interior
Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi pending the hearing of the application by the Chinese
on February 24.
The judge consequently directed the Directorate
of Public Prosecutions to file a response within by Thursday before the matter
is heard.
The victims through their lawyer Abdulhakim Abdullahi
told the judge that the CS acted unlawfully by signing a deportation order when
the matter was still under investigation.
He said the investigation officer was given a
custodial order to hold the victims for 15 days by which time they could have
completed their investigation.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in court on
March 4 when the investigating officer will report to court on the progress of
the investigation.
The four were arrested when a video went viral on social media, showing one them caning a Kenyan worker said to have arrived at work late.
