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Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila sentenced to death

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Desk Report: The country’s military high court has sentenced former Congolese President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason and war crimes. The verdict was announced on Tuesday (September 30) local time. The court’s ruling said that Kabila was found guilty of treason, murder, torture, sexual violence and inciting rebellion for supporting the M23 rebel group active in eastern Congo. The court’s chief judge, Lieutenant General Joseph Mutombo Katalai, said that the death penalty was the maximum penalty under Article 7 of the military criminal code. In addition to…

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China sentences 11 members of notorious Ming mafia family to death

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Desk Report: A Chinese court has sentenced 11 members of the notorious Ming family to death. The BBC reported, citing state broadcaster CCTV, that the convicted individuals operated a fraud and crime ring in the Myanmar town of Laukai. A total of 39 people were sentenced in the verdict announced in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou on Monday (September 29). Of these, 11 were sentenced to death, five others were given two-year suspended death sentences, 11 were given life sentences and the rest were given sentences ranging from five…

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