"A radio executive and entertainer kidnapped in the middle of this month in Haiti was released last Saturday [March 25] after being held captive for eight days. Lebrun Saint-Hubert, president and general director of the community radio station '2000,' was released after the payment of a ransom according to local media. The kidnappers demanded US $1.5 million for his release, but neither the authorities nor Saint-Hubert's family or colleagues have confirmed payment of that amount of money.
The radio broadcaster was kidnapped last Friday [March 17] inside the same radio station located in the neighborhood of Delmas, northeast of Port-au-Prince, by men disguised as agents of the Central Directorate of the Haitian Judicial Police, according to witnesses quoted by the news portal Rezo Nòdwès.
Saint-Hubert, who also serves as a police inspector, is co-host of the program 'Konfizyon,' which airs Saturday nights on '2000', 96.1. He is the second Haitian broadcaster to fall victim to criminal gangs so far this year."
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