11. When Jones ignored a subpoena to testify at the House hearing, the subcommittee recommended he be held in contempt. 12. P.W. Botha, a former hardline president, refused to testify and was convicted last August of ignoring a subpoena. 13. Prosecutors said they issued the warrant initially because the tycoon was ignoring their subpoenas. 14. Botha, accused of ignoring three subpoenas to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is the first former South African head of state to go on trial. 15. Botha ignored the subpoena and is charged with contempt. 16. Botha, the last hard-line apartheid leader, is expected to be charged with contempt for ignoring a subpoena to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 17. Botha, who has eluded the panel for months, has repeatedly said he will not testify and he ignored another subpoena issued by the panel earlier this month. 18. Ex-president ignores commission subpoena. 19. Former President P.W. Botha, given a day in court his government denied thousands of opponents, was convicted Friday of ignoring a subpoena to testify about apartheid atrocities. 20. Former South African President P.W. Botha goes on trial on contempt charges for ignoring subpoena. |