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Namibian minister faces sexual assault charges

Xinhua, February 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Namibian cabinet minister is facing arrest after a 51-year-old woman accused him of sexual assault, local media reported Friday.

Uahekua Herunga, Minister of Environment and Tourism, allegedly raped the woman inside her Windhoek home last September.

He is also accused of offering the woman 100,000 Namibia dollars (about 8,850 U.S. dollars) in an effort to buy her silence.

The minister denied the charges.

By Friday, no arrest has been made as the police sought to get direction from the country's prosecutor general.

Namibian Police Chief Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga confirmed to local media that the minister was under police investigation for sexual assault.

Ndeitunga said the case was complicated as both the minister and the woman have made counter cases against each other. Endi