Pubdate: Mon, 22 Feb 1999
Source: Reuters
Copyright: 1999 Reuters Limited.

OUTRAGE SPARKED BY REGGAE SINGER'S DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - Around 2,000 protesters in Mauritius clashed with
police after a local reggae singer arrested for smoking marijuana died in
police custody, reports said.

Joseph Reginald Topize -- or Kaya -- died in jail on Sunday three days after
his arrest for smoking marijuana at a rally to decriminalise the drug in the
Indian Ocean nation.

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