New Caledonia pro-independence leader transferred to France to await trial
A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was transferred to a prison facility in mainland France to await trial on charges relating to two weeks of unrest in May that left nine people dead, the public prosecutor in the territory said.
Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak leader of the pro-independence party known as The Field Action Co-ordination Unit, was flown to mainland France overnight on Saturday along with six other activists, prosecutor Yves Dupas said in a statement.
