DATE=8/12/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-218449
TITLE=U-S / PAKISTAN APOLOGY (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR ROBERT HORAN HAS APOLOGIZED TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SOME RECENT COMMENTS HE MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE CASE OF ALLEGED KILLER MIR AMAL KANSI. MR.
KANSI IS ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE OUTSIDE C-I-A HEADQUARTERS
IN 1993.  WE HAVE A REPORT FROM V-O-A NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JIM
MALONE.

TEXT:   FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR ROBERT HORAN HAS SENT
A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER MINISTER NAWAZ
SHARIF.

MR. HORAN SAYS HE REGRETS THAT COMMENTS HE MADE IN A TELEVISION
INTERVIEW IN JUNE WERE INTERPRETED AS AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF
PAKISTAN.

IN THAT INTERVIEW, MR. HORAN WAS ASKED ABOUT THE TWO-MILLION
DOLLAR REWARD OFFERED FOR MR. KANSI'S CAPTURE IN HIS NATIVE
PAKISTAN. MR. HORAN SAID THAT HE WAS SURE THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE
IN PAKISTAN WHO WOULD TURN IN THEIR OWN MOTHER FOR ONLY
20-THOUSAND DOLLARS. MR. HORAN LATER SAID HIS COMMENTS WERE TAKEN
OUT OF CONTEXT AND ADDED HE WOULD NOT APOLOGIZE.

MR. HORAN'S INITIAL COMMENTS SPURRED DEMONSTRATIONS EARLIER THIS
MONTH IN LAHORE AND KARACHI AND ALSO PROMPTED DEMANDS FOR AN
APOLOGY FROM THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT. A U-S STATE DEPARTMENT
SPOKESWOMAN DESCRIBED MR. HORAN'S REMARKS AS INSENSITIVE AND
OFFENSIVE TO PAKISTANIS. PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS NOW SAY THEY HAVE
ACCEPTED THE APOLOGY AND CONSIDER THE MATTER CLOSED.

MIR AMAL KANSI WILL GO ON TRIAL IN NOVEMBER. HE IS CHARGED WITH
KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS OUTSIDE C-I-A
HEADQUARTERS IN LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, IN JANUARY OF 1993.  MR. KANSI
WAS CAPTURED BY F-B-I AGENTS IN PAKISTAN IN JUNE AND BROUGHT TO
VIRGINIA TO FACE TRIAL. HE COULD RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY IF
CONVICTED.  (SIGNED)

NEB/JBM/KL

12-Aug-97 1:45 PM EDT (1745 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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