(The Associated Press)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier will be tried on charges of corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the nation's treasury, his lawyer said yesterday.
Duvalier was taken into police custody two days after the former Haitian strongman, also accused by human rights groups of torturing his opponents, made a surprise return to the struggling island nation where a popular uprising forced him from power in 1986.
Under the Haitian system, judges investigate allegations made by prosecutors. Haiti allows for pretrial detention, but that is unlikely in the 59-year-old Duvalier's case
Earlier yesterday, a contingent of police led the former dictator through a hotel and to a waiting SUV. He was not wearing handcuffs.
The SUV drove in a convoy to a courthouse, even as dozens of Duvalier supporters tried to block streets.
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