The Congolese security services have released two BBC employees who were being held in Kinshasa, but one said on Tuesday she was going to be deported after being held for two nights, according to Reuters news agency. The two, Caroline Pare and Arnold Zaitman, were arrested on Saturday and Monday respectively. Pare, a London-based producer, was arrested alongside her Congolese assistant and a translator, who were also released on Monday. The three were arrested near the house of the former head of a mining company Jonas Mukamba. Mukamba himself was arrested at his house on Friday along with around 30 guests, mainly expatriates. Zaitman, on the other hand, was released late Monday, after being arrested earlier in the day, for failing to stop his car as required while the Congolese national flag was being lowered.
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