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Comoros seeks life sentence for ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi for high treason
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| Contributor | Juan Croniqueur |
| Last Edited | Juan Croniqueur Nov 25, 2022 10:33pm |
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| News Date | Friday, November 25, 2022 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Prosecutors in the Comoros on Thursday sought a life sentence for former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was tried in absentia for high treason.
Sambi, 64, the arch opponent to current president Azali Assoumani, faces charges related to the alleged sale of Comorian passports to stateless people living in Gulf nations.
"He betrayed the mission entrusted to him by the Comorians," said public prosecutor Ali Mohamed Djounaid before the elite State Security Court.
He demanded life imprisonment for Sambi, who will be sentenced on November 29.
Sambi, who led the small Indian Ocean archipelago between 2006 and 2011, passed a law in 2008 allowing the sale of passports at an exorbitant fee. |
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