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DRC : Supreme Court to Hear Mutemba Plea
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, JUL 23 – Constant Mutamba is accused of diverting nearly $20 million from war reparations and awarding a prison contract to an unqualified company, prosecutors said.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the trial of the former Minister of Justice resumed on 23 July before the Court of Cassation. He is being prosecuted for misappropriation of funds in the case of the construction of a new prison in Kisangani. An attempted transfer of $19 million is of particular interest to the judiciary. On 23 July, before the Minister's interrogation began, his lawyers raised two exceptions which were rejected by the Co…
DR Congo ex-minister Mutamba protests innocence at graft trial's opening
The Democratic Republic of Congo's firebrand former justice minister, Constant Mutamba, on Wednesday protested his innocence at the opening of his trial for embezzling public funds, including reparations for war victims. Having achieved national notoriety for his hardline positions, including calling for people caught syphoning off taxpayers' money to be…
DR Congo Ex-minister Mutamba Protests Innocence At Graft Trial's Opening
The Democratic Republic of Congo's firebrand former justice minister, Constant Mutamba, on Wednesday protested his innocence at the opening of his trial for embezzling public funds, including reparations for war victims.
Accused of embezzling nearly $20 million in a project to build a new prison in Kisangani, the former Congolese Minister of Justice turned his trial before the Court of Cassation into a political forum.
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