Comoros Security Court Sentences Ex-President to Life in Prison
Sambi is charged with treason and the court said it found him guilty of selling Comorian passports to people in Gulf countries
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Sambi is charged with treason and the court said it found him guilty of selling Comorian passports to people in Gulf countries
A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, who was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf.
"We, as a citizen, ask that the alleged or defendants brought before this exceptional court reimburse at least the amount they embezzled." Kamal Said Abdou, Moroni habitant
"President Sambi decided not to continue to participate in the trial, because he felt that the Court as it was constituted did not guarantee a fair trial in any way. We had several examples of this already yesterday at the hearing. .. " Jan Fermon, lawyer for Sambi
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