ALITHIA: “I’ll kill myself if you reveal my identity”. An Archbishopric employee who gave information regarding a new case of financial fraud against the Church has warned Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos he would kill himself should his identity ever be released. According to the information received by Chrysostomos, a high-ranking member of the Archbishopric was said to have forged the Archbishop’s signature during the years 1999 and 2000 in order to sell shares worth around £800,000.
HARAVGHI: “No discrimination over T/C land expropriation”. Evidence showing that no discrimination against Turkish Cypriots was carried out during the expropriation of Turkish Cypriot property for the construction of government buildings and roads is in the hands of President Tassos Papadopoulos, the paper reports. The evidence is said to prove that the expropriation was carried out with technical, financial and security criteria and way in no way a nationalistic act against Turkish Cypriots.
SIMERINI: “Arrest before a murder”. Police revealed they had substantial evidence to suggest that escaped convict Andreas Onoufriou was planning to carry out a murder on the day he was arrested. Onoufriou was arrested on Sunday at around 10pm. He was wearing a wig and a bulletproof vest and carried a revolver. During a search in his apartment, police officers found an air-conditioning remote control that had been modified into a bomb detonator and a list with the names and telephone numbers of judges that had convicted him for the attempted murder of another judge.
THARROS: “Transporting munitions a piece of cake”. The paper claims a former deputy was able to travel to Athens with 20 shotgun shells that he had forgotten in his bag, without being detected by Larnaca airport security. The paper claims the shells were not detected by the airport’s security equipment. When the deputy came back from Athens he asked airport police how they could miss the shells and whether they would be able to detect other forms of munitions.
POLITIS: “Denktash: ‘You can’t get rid of me’”. Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said he would allow the presence of observers during the upcoming ‘elections’ in the north in December, only if that would mean the recognition of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’. Denktash said the voters would reject the Annan plan, insinuating that the voters would vote for parties opposing it.
PHILELEFTHEROS: “Turkish Cypriots suing for compensation”. The first of many lawsuits have been filed against the Cyprus government by Turkish Cypriots demanding compensation for the expropriation of their land, the paper reports. There are around 100 such cases and reports are that Turkish Cypriot lawyers listed in the government before 1974 have renewed their licences in order to defend their clients.
