An employee at a beauty salon accused Usman Sanko of rape last month.

一家美容院的員工上個月指控Usman Sanko強姦。

He was summoned for questioning after his parliamentary immunity was removed last week.

上週他的議會豁免權被取消後，他被傳喚問話。

Former tax inspectors Sankoh, who enjoys significant support among younger Senegalese, has denied the allegation.

在塞內加爾年輕人中享有重要支持的前稅務檢查員桑科否認了這一指控。

He accuses President Macky Sall is government of stirring up the charge to undermine his strongest rival.

他指責總統麥基-薩爾是政府挑起罪名，以破壞他最強大的競爭對手。

What is going on is nothing more than a project to wipe out our democracy every time a dictatorship has been allowed to settle and prosper.

現在的情況，不過是每次讓獨裁政權安居樂業，消滅我們的民主的工程。

It is because an overwhelming majority of the people abdicated before a tiny minority which played on their fears.

這是因為絕大多數人在極少數人面前退位，而極少數人則利用了他們的恐懼。

Nothing can resist the will encourage of people.

沒有什麼能抵擋人們的意志鼓勵。

Sankoh supporters burned tires and threw rocks at riot police near his house who responded with tear gas.

桑科的支持者向他家附近的防暴警察燒輪胎和扔石頭，防暴警察以催淚瓦斯迴應。

A Reuters reporter saw two injured protesters, one of whom was bleeding from the head right.

一名路透社記者看到兩名受傷的抗議者，其中一人頭部右側流血。

Sankoh's lawyer also said he was accused of disturbing public order and participating in a band demonstration.

桑科的律師還表示，他被指控擾亂公共秩序，參與樂隊示威。

The police were not immediately available for comments.

警方沒有立即作出評論。

Other top rivals of SAL have been targeted by criminal charges in the past, but he denies there has been any political interference in those cases.

SAL的其他頂級競爭對手過去也曾成為刑事指控的目標，但他否認在這些案件中存在任何政治干預。