/ 4 June 2001

NEO NAZI FINED OVER MBEKI ?NIGGER? SLUR

A DANISH court fined a neo-Nazi militant 2_000 kronor (268 euros) on Thursday for shouting “nigger” at visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki. Esben Kristensen, a 31-year-old member of the Danish National Socialist Movement, was fined by a court in the northern city of Frederikshavn for verbally accosting Mbeki as he walked along a beach in Skagen last year. Mbeki was in the country to attend a meeting with Nordic leaders. Kristensen admitted in court using the word “nigger”, but said he did not consider this degrading. – AFP