DR: Aristide's ministers seek asylum

Several of Aristide's ministers, senators and commissioners sought asylum at the Dominican embassy in the Haitian capital. The ministers of health and finance, two police commissioners, one of whom is Oriel Jean, the chief of the Presidential Guard, and Senator Milande Liberis Pavert were transported to the Dominican Republic in helicopters of the local air force and granted refuge in Santo Domingo. Several other police commissioners and officials of the Aristide government have also sought asylum, but their status was not know at the time of publication. Among those awaiting transfer to Dominican soil are a group of Taiwanese and several Dominican citizens.