FEARS FOR SIERRA LEONE 'WAR HERO' !
Sam Hinga Norman is accused of murder. The daughter of a man accused of war crimes in Sierra Leone has told the BBC that she fears for his life after he was transferred to Senegal.
Sam Hinga Norman led a pro-government militia during the civil war and many people in Sierra Leone see him as a war hero for fighting the rebels.
Juliet Hinga Norman said her father had been sent to a prison, not a hospital, for his hip replacement.
Ex-rebel leader Issa Sesay has also gone to Dakar for medical treatment.
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone did not say what Mr Sesay was suffering from.
Ms Norman said that if her father was not transferred to hospital, he would go on hunger strike.
"I'm really scared for his health," she told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
"I don't want him to do the operation in Senegal... I want them to do it in the UK," she said.
The special court was set up to prosecute those with most responsibility for war crimes during a brutal 10-year civil war.
The conflict spread across West Africa and created millions of refugees.
BBC NEWS REPORT.
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