21. Former President P.W. Botha ignored a subpoena to appear Friday before a commission investigating apartheid-era human rights abuses but avoided criminal charges on a technicality. 22. He could be jailed for up to two years for contempt if he ignores the subpoena. 23. Ignoring a subpoena can bring criminal charges of contempt, with penalties of up to two years in jail. 24. Last week, inquiry head Innis Christie issued an arrest warrant for Chalmers after he ignored a subpoena to testify. 25. Prosecutors said they issued the arrest warrant initially because Berezovsky was ignoring their subpoenas. |