Haitian Embassy Evicted in Pretoria for Unpaid Rent

However, when they arrived the premises to follow court orders, one black Mercedes parked in the driveway, followed by three more cars, stopped and prevented a truck loaded with furniture leaving the embassy. Immediately, diplomatic police swarmed the property as they were alerted by someone from the Haitian embassy that, an armed robbery is taking place in the embassy premises, but they found none other than the Sheriff and his men. The incidence attracted the attentions of diplomats of other countries who were driving past the place; they had stopped and enquired about the welfare of the Haitian diplomats. When the members of Haitian embassy were informed that preventing Sheriff from performing his duty is a crime, they argued that their property cannot be attached as they enjoy diplomatic immunity.

However, according to Morris Coetzee, the legal representative of the applicants and landlords, diplomatic immunity is never extended on commercial transactions.

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