VOA标准英语2015--Homicide Mystery Deepens in Case of Kenya ICC Witness
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2015年(一月)
Homicide Mystery Deepens in Case of Kenya ICC Witness
NAIROBI—
The body of a man thought to be a witness in the International Criminal Court case against Kenya’s deputy president was found near his home last year, but doubts about the identity of the victim and unanswered questions about his alleged 2 testimony 3 now have deepened the mystery surrounding the killing 4.
The mutilated body, found in a river outside Eldoret, Kenya, was initially 5 identified as that of Meshack Yebei, an alleged witness in the ICC case against Deputy President William Ruto. The ICC has charged Ruto and radio journalist Joshua Arap Sang with crimes against humanity for interethnic violence that followed the 2007 presidential election.
Recent media reports said Yebei was supposed to testify for the defense 6. Or was he?
Ken 1 Wafula, director of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said that Yebei’s intentions were not entirely 7 clear and that he might have been killed over money he was promised in exchange for his testimony.
“There were pending 8 issues of unsettled promises" related to Yebei’s testimony, Wafula said, "so at the time of his disappearance 9 or his death, he was neither a defense witness nor a prosecution 10 witness because he was in the middle.”
The ICC originally approached Yebei to testify for the prosecution, but dropped him for tampering 11 with other witnesses. Prosecutors 12 have complained about the rampant 13 bribery 14 and intimidation 15 of witnesses that they say also eroded 16 the now-dropped ICC case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who also faced charges of crimes against humanity.
But the Yebei story took another strange twist this month: Just as his relatives were preparing for his funeral, another family claimed the body was that of a man named Yusuf Hussein.
Ben Yebei, Meshack’s brother, denied there was any mistake about the victim's identity.
“These people had not reported anywhere that their person was missing," Ben Yebei said. He said his parents were "very down" but "are going to wait for the end results, because at this point you can not do anything if the body is under investigation 17.”
Hussein’s family declined to talk to VOA for this story. It's not clear what motive 18 there would have been to kill Hussein — and Yebei’s whereabouts have not been accounted for.
Yebei's aunt, Rebecca, said a DNA 19 test would reveal the truth.
“We are told to go for the DNA test, and I am very optimistic the results will be positive," she said. "I am convinced the corpse 20 is Yebei’s. I believe the results will help identify Meshack.”
If it is Yebei, at least one mystery will be solved, but many more questions about what he may have known and who may have wanted him dead will remain unanswered.
- Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
- Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- Two policemen were accused of tampering with the evidence. 有两名警察被控篡改证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- As Harry London had forecast, Brookside's D-day caught many meter-tampering offenders. 正如哈里·伦敦预见到的那样，布鲁克赛德的D日行动抓住了不少非法改装仪表的人。 来自辞典例句
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
- You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。