Firstly, in the Marseilles press: Marseille l'Hebdo reported in 2006 that Charles Debbasch had continued to receive his salary as a university professor although he was resident in Togo, since he had was responsible for the University of Aix-Marseille's co-operative exchanges with the Universities of Lomé and Kara.
Togolese sources defend Charles Debbasch, who still swears that he is totally innocent of the charges laid against him,[REF] and even launching a legal counter-offensive.