July 9
NORTH KOREA:
Seoul: North Korean leader has so far executed 70 officials.
Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed 70 officials since taking
power in late 2011 in a "reign of terror" that far exceeds the bloodshed of his
dictator father's early rule, South Korean officials said Thursday.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, at a forum in Seoul, compared Kim
Jong Un's 70 executions with those of his late father, Kim Jong Il, who he said
executed about 10 officials during his first years in power.
An official from South Korea's National Intelligence Service, who refused to be
named, citing office rules, confirmed that the spy agency believes the younger
Kim has executed about 70 officials but wouldn't reveal how it obtained the
information.
Yun also said that the younger Kim's "reign of terror affects significantly"
North Koreans working overseas by inspiring them to defect to the South, but he
also didn't reveal how he got the details.
North Korea, an authoritarian nation ruled by the Kim family since its founding
in 1948, is secretive about its government's inner workings, and information
collected by outsiders is often impossible to confirm.
High-level government purges have a long history in North Korea.
To strengthen his power, Kim Jong Un's grandfather, North Korea founder Kim Il
Sung, removed pro-Soviet and pro-Chinese factions within the senior leadership
in the years after the 1950-53 Korean War. The high-ranking victims included
Pak Hon Yong, formerly the vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea
and the country's foreign minister, who was executed in 1955 after being
accused of spying for the United States.
Kim Jong Un has also removed key members of the old guard through a series of
purges since taking over after the death of Kim Jong Il. The most spectacular
purge to date was the 2013 execution of his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, for alleged
treason. Jang was married to Kim Jong Il's sister and was once considered the
second most powerful man in North Korea.
South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in May that Kim ordered his
then-defense chief Hyon Yong Chol executed with an anti-aircraft gun for
complaining about the young ruler, talking back to him and sleeping during a
meeting.
Experts say Kim could be using fear to solidify his leadership, but those
efforts could fail if he doesn't improve the country's shattered economy.
(source: Associated Press)
PHILIPPINES:
Veloso's recruiters indicted for trafficking, estafa
A government prosecutor has found basis to file cases in a Nueva Ecija court
against the alleged recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina death row inmate
in Indonesia.
Set to face cases of qualified trafficking, illegal recruitment, and estafa are
Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, and their alleged African cohort,
alias "Ike," according to a resolution issued on Thursday by Assistant State
Prosecutor Susan Azarcon.
"Certainly good news. About time. Quite a long road to justice but we are
getting there. The lull will come after this storm," said Edre Olalia, legal
counsel for Veloso's family.
Azarcon said the 3 are liable for "simple illegal recruitment" because they
transported Veloso to Malaysia in 2010 without a valid license.
On estafa, the prosecutor said the respondents "falsely pretended and
misrepresented" that Sergio had the capacity to deploy Veloso as domestic
helper in Malaysia in exchange for P20,000.
"Clearly, complainant (Veloso) suffered damage as the promised job abroad was
inexistent as well as the cash and the monetary value of the cellular phone and
the tricycle pawned to respondents," the resolution read.
The respondents were indicted for qualified trafficking for exploiting Veloso,
who was caught in Yogyakarta airport in 2010 carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin.
"This exploitative purpose of using complainant (Veloso) in transporting
illegal drugs resulted to the incarceration of (Veloso). Worse, complainant,
who was referred and considered by respondents as 'victim' will eventually
suffer the penalty of death," the resolution said.
Veloso was spared from execution in April after the last minute appeal of the
Aquino administration to the Indonesian government, which gave way to the
Philippine investigation on the drug syndicate that allegedly victimized her.
Sergio and Lacanilao also have a pending large-scale illegal recruitment case
before the Baloc, Nueva Ecija Regional Trial Court branch 37 for allegedly
recruiting Lorna Valino, Ana Marie Gonzales and Jenalyn Paraiso.
(source: Sun Star)
ISRAEL:
Jewish Home backs death penalty for terrorists----Party leader Bennett says
bill to execute murderers convicted on terror charges is 'moral and right'
Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett on Wednesday voiced support for a bill
that would impose the death penalty on terrorists convicted on murder charges.
The bill, proposed by Yisrael Beytenu Knesset freshman Sharon Gal, was a plank
in the Orthodox-nationalist party's platform leading up to the March elections.
The bill will be brought to the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday.
Bennett wrote on his Facebook page that the Jewish Home party's Knesset members
will support the bill.
"A murderous terrorist, such as the murderers of the Fogel family [in the West
Bank settlement of Itamar in 2011], needs to know that he will end his life
like he cuts down [the lives of others]," Bennett said. "It's moral and it's
right."
While the bill tentatively has the support of Jewish Home's 8 seats, and
Yisrael Beytenu's 6, it remains unclear whether Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, with its 30 lawmakers in the Knesset, will get
behind the measure. According to Haaretz, Likud officials were still debating
whether to support the bill.
The bill proposes that someone convicted of murder on terrorist charges would
be sentenced to death by an Israeli civilian court. Meanwhile, anyone convicted
of such charges in the West Bank, which is under Israeli military control,
would receive a similar sentence from a military court. It would also amend the
existing law to allow a basic majority of judges to hand someone a death
sentence, rather than requiring a unanimous decision.
In theory, capital punishment exists in Israel - for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, genocide, treason and crimes against the Jewish people - but it has
only been exercised with the execution of Adolf Eichman in 1962. Right-wing
politicians have indicated support in principle for the death penalty for
terrorists; a law that would establish a minimum punishment for a crime as
loosely defined as "terrorism" would likely be struck down by the Supreme
Court.
During the election campaign, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman
repeatedly called for the death penalty for terrorists. During one stump
speech, Liberman said that Israeli Arabs who support the state "should receive
everything [in terms of rights]; those against us, it cannot be helped, we must
lift up an ax and behead them - otherwise we will not survive here."
Gal, the lawmaker who proposed the bill, said that the party had made a promise
to voters, "and we're determined to make it happen."
"We must change the reality and eradicate terrorism," he said. "Death sentences
will strengthen Israel's deterrence - it's moral and ethical to legalize it in
order to save the lives of our citizens. It has broad support among the people
- it's clear to everyone that it's a law that must pass."
(source: The Times of Israel)
KURDISTAN/IRAQ:
KRG's block on executions makes for long death row
The number of inmates under death sentence in the Kurdistan region has grown to
a record high as authorities continue to maintain a de facto moratorium on
death penalty.
In the region's 3 provinces, there are now 205 prisoners who have been
sentenced to death. The number is higher than in any year since the 1990s when
the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) established its autonomous courts,
virtually independent of Iraq's judiciary.
Apart from terrorism-related cases, no other death sentence has been carried
out since 2008 because KRG President Masoud Barzani has refrained from ordering
the executions to be carried out.
Kurdistan Parliament passed a terrorism bill on April 4, 2006, that instructs
the death penalty for acts of terrorism or affiliation with a terrorist
organization.
"These inmates are in terrible mental condition since they have no idea whether
they will be executed or not," said KRG Minister of Social Affairs Muhammad
Hawdiani.
Hawdiani said he supports abolishing the death penalty and has recommended the
sentences for these inmates be commuted to life in prison.
The Human Rights Committee in the Kurdistan Parliament, in coordination with
the Directorate of Human Rights Affairs, prepared a bill in 2011 to abolish the
death penalty in the region. The bill has passed to parliament for discussion,
but no date has so far been set to vote on it.
The number of prisoners on death row rose from 135 in 2011 to 205 in 2015,
partly due to changing attitudes toward the judiciary in terms of families of
victims reaching settlements outside the court system.
In capital punishment cases, if the perpetrator and the victim's family resolve
through the traditional settlement "sulh," the death sentence is altered to
life incarceration.
Bestun Fayeq, a lawmaker who works with human rights in the Kurdish parliament,
said the Kurdistan region should push Iraq to abolish death sentences all
together.
"It would solve the problem fundamentally because the death penalty is still
very much implemented in rest of Iraq," Fayeq said.
Over 1,700 people were on death row in Iraq towards the end of 2014 despite
widespread use of death penalty in the country. According to a recent United
Nations report 177 people were executed in 2013.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and UN Special
Representative for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov have urged Iraq to impose a
moratorium on the death penalty and has called on the Kurdistan region to
abolish it permanently.
(source: Rudaw.net)
RWANDA/KENYA:
Rwanda: Busingye Tips Kenyans On Death Penalty
Johnston Busingye, the Minister for Justice and Attorney General, has urged
visiting Kenyan officials to consider abolishing the death penalty in their
country.
"I have never regretted since we abolished the capital punishment. I wish it
would be the case for your country as it brings more benefits than dealing with
petitions from people appealing for mercy after being sentenced to death," the
minister told the delegation in Kigali on Tuesday.
The delegation is comprised of members of the Power of Mercy Advisory Committee
(POMAC) of Kenya.
"When you think about how to kill a human being, it also becomes a big
challenge since human life is sacred," Busingye stated.
He further told the delegation that abolishing the death sentence in Rwanda's
penal code has tremendously contributed to restorative justice. Rwanda
abolished the death penalty in 2007.
"After the 1994 Genocide, our capacity to try those who were charged had become
too low. If we maintained the death sentence, with Gacaca cases would have put
over half-a-million people on the death row. Imagine someone signing for such a
number of people to be hanged or executed and what would remain in minds of the
people?
"That is how we thought about a system that would help us embrace justice,
involving the community and promoting the unity of Rwandans instead of putting
convicts on the death row," he said.
Regina Saira Boisabi, the vice chairperson of POMAC, noted that there is a
difference between the Rwandan justice and mercy systems and those of Kenya.
"For us, we still have the death penalty and have many convicts in prisons,
while Rwanda is decongesting prisons. We hope that our visit will leave us
equipped with knowledge in terms of exercise of power of mercy and system of
justice."
The Kenyan delegation, which is on a 1-week study tour, will visit different
justice and correctional services, and the Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn
about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
(source: All Africa News)
INDIA:
Law Commission of India to hold one-day consultation on death penalty
The Law Commission of India is to hold a 1-day consultation on the death
penalty on the coming Saturday i.e. 11th July, 2015 at the India HabitatCentre
in New Delhi.
Inaugurated by Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, the consultationwill bring together a
select group of leading figures in the judiciary, thebar, academia, media, and
political and public life, to debate and discussvarious aspects of the death
penalty.
In order to facilitate comprehensivedeliberations, the consultation is
organized as a roundtable and allparticipants will attend the event throughout
the day. Each session will beginwith short remarks by invited speakers. The
floor will then be open for inputsfrom all participants.
(source: niticentral.com)
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A P J Abdul Kalam favours abolition of death penalty----Kalam said capital
punishment was one of the most difficult tasks for him as President.
A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty saying that as
President of India, he felt pain in deciding on such cases as most of them had
"social and economic bias". Kalam was responding to a Law Commission
consultation paper on capital punishment and was one of the few people who have
supported abolition of death sentence. Most of the over 400 respondents have
supported continuing with the provision of death penalty.
In his response to the paper, Kalam said capital punishment was one of the most
difficult tasks for him as President. Quoting from his book "Turning Points",
Kalam said "one of the more difficult tasks for me as President was to decide
on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts ... to my
surprise ... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic
bias.
"This gave me an impression that we were punishing the person who was least
involved in the enmity and who did not have a direct motive for committing the
crime," he said. The former President, however, said there was of course one
case where he found that the lift operator had in fact committed the crime of
raping and killing the girl without doubt. "In that case I affirmed the
sentence," he said.
He was referring to the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee who was executed by
hanging for the rape and murder of an 18-year-old girl at her apartment in
Bhowanipur on 5 March 1990. The Commission has called a day-long meet on
Saturday on death penalty to conclude the process of consultation. A final
report would be submitted to the Supreme Court sometime next month.
In a consultation paper released on May 22 last year, the Law Commission had
said that at this juncture, an exhaustive study on the subject would be a
useful and salutary contribution to the cause of public debate on this issue.
Such a study will also provide a definitive research-backed orientation to the
lawmakers and judges on this very contentious issue, it had said.
The Commission said the study would have to address queries and concerns of
courts and present an international perspective on the issue. The Supreme
Court, in Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar vs Maharashtra and Shankar
Kisanrao Khade vs Maharashtra, had suggested that the Law Commission should
study the death penalty in India to "allow for an up-to-date and informed
discussion and debate on the subject."
The views set forth during the consultation will aid the Commission in
formulating its report on the issue, the law panel said in a statement.
(source: The Indian Express)
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Will the Gavit sisters, serial killers of children, be the 1st women to be
hanged?----Despite all of this, the sisters are still hopeful that they will
escape the sentence.
In 2001, the Kolhapur sessions court awarded the death penalty to the Gavit
sisters - Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde - for abducting and killing a dozen-odd
children aged between 1 and 4 years. In the next 14 years, their appeals
against the sentence were turned down by all subsequent authorities including
the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court. In April 2014 came the final blow
for the sisters, when their mercy petition was rejected by the President of
India.
Despite all of this, the sisters are still hopeful that they will escape the
sentence. To stretch the legal discourse further, the duo in August 2014 filed
a fresh petition before the Bombay High Court citing "delay in execution" as
the latest reason for getting off death row. Since then there is a stay on
their execution and the case, as expected, is moving at a snail's pace. With
its last hearing held in April 2015, the case will now come up in October 2015.
The sisters are not alone. In the past 3 years, President Pranab Mukherjee has
rejected 24 mercy pleas (till May 2015) of which only two convicts- Mohd Ajmal
Kasab and Afzal Guru- have been hanged till date. The remaining convicts have
managed to procure a stay on their hanging by moving fresh petitions before the
respective High Courts, primarily on the grounds of prolonged procedural delays
in execution. Maharashtra has 30 convicts on death row, including 1993 blast
convict Yakub Memon and the 3 Shakti Mills rapists. All convicts facing death
sentences in Maharashtra are moved to Yerwada in Pune or the Nagpur jail,
because these are the only 2 prisons in the state that have gallows.
In January 2014, a 3-judge panel headed by Chief Justice of India Palanisamy
Sathasivam commuted sentences of 15 death row convicts, ruling that the
"inordinate and inexplicable delay is a ground for commuting death penalty to
life sentence".
The Gavit sisters, too, have sought relief on the grounds of "delay" on the
state government's part in executing them. But the state government has blamed
the delays on the procedural lapses done by the jail superintendent as well as
on the fire in Mantralaya. The government, in its affidavit filed before the
Bombay High Court, said it could not furnish complete documents before the
President at the earliest due to the fire, and had to procure relevant
documents from the jail superintendent.
Sources in the home department also claim that the sisters, too, have
deliberately delayed the proceedings under legal guidance. "They knew the delay
will go in their favour. So, initially, one of the sisters sat on the consent
to file mercy petition for over a year," said a senior officer.
While awarding the death sentence to the sisters in 2001, Judge GL Yedke in
Kolhapur had described the 9 kids' murders as 'the most heinous', and observed
that the 2 sisters seemed to have enjoyed killing the children.
What is the case against the Gavit sisters?
Renuka and Seema, along with their mother Anjanabai Gavit, used to kidnap
children and push them into begging. They killed some of the children after
they stopped being productive. The sisters are currently lodged at the Yerwada
jail in Pune. Anjanabai passed away during the trial, and the sisters' father
Kiran Shinde turned approver and was acquitted.
(source: DNA India)
GHANA:
Amnesty International urges Ghana to ratify Protocol
Mr. Lawrence Amesu, the Director of Amnesty International (AI) Ghana, has
called on Parliament to ratify the 2nd Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as the next step towards
abolishing the Death Penalty in Ghana.
He explained that although Ghana had shown commitment to the abolition of the
Death Penalty, it continued to abstain from voting on it when it was called for
voting at the United Nations.
Mr. Amesu said Ghana's abstinence from voting at the UN on the issue could
partly be because the country had not yet ratified the 2nd ICCPR, which would
facilitate the abolition of the death penalty and called on government to
ratify it.
Speaking at a forum on the next steps to the abolition of the death penalty,
after the stall of the Constitutional Review Process, Mr. Amesu recounted some
actions of government, which showed its commitment to abolishing the death
penalty.
He stated that Ghana is in the category of countries referred to as
abolitionists in practice or de facto abolitionists, having carried out no
executions over the past 22 years, although nine death sentences were imposed
in 2014.
President John Dramani Mahama, on Ghana's 54th Republic Day Anniversary, on
July 1st, 2014, commuted 21 death sentences to life imprisonment, leading to a
reduction in the number of people on death row in Ghana to 137 as at December
2014.
Exercising his prerogative of mercy, the President, on 1st July, 2015, again
commuted the death sentences of 14 prisoners on death row to life imprisonment,
and gave a definite term of 20 years to 1 prisoner on life sentence, showing
his commitment to abolition of the death penalty.
Mr. Amesu commended the French Embassy for its continued support for Amnesty
International and the Death Penalty Coalition since they started the
discussions on the fight for abolition of death penalty in Ghana, saying the
platform also helped to share information among coalition members to better
equip them with knowledge and skills for their respective advocacy campaigns.
Mrs Jane Gasu Aheto, the Director, Legal and Consular Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, stated that, the final
decision to abolish the death penalty lay with the people of Ghana, hence the
importance of such fora to educate them on its importance.
She pledged the ministry's commitment to support the campaign and to engage
stakeholders where necessary at the national, regional and international levels
on the issue. She also stated that the Ministry would continue to collaborate
with Amnesty International on this and other important matters.
Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, the Chief Director, Ministry of the Interior, on her
part, emphasised the need for a complete reform of Ghana's sentencing regime.
She said in light of the congestion at the various prisons across the country,
the ministry had held a meeting with stakeholders in the sector to discuss the
need for a non-custodial sentencing regime and had received approval from
majority of the stakeholders present.
The Ministry had thus forwarded a communique to the Attorney General for a Bill
to be drafted to reform the sentencing regime in Ghana.
(source: ghanaweb.com)
NIGERIA:
Oshiomhole advocates stiffer penalties for rape, child abuse
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has advocated stiffer penalties against
rapists, paedophiles and anyone involved in child abuse to serve as deterrence
to others.
He also urged people of the state to stop giving alms to child beggars to
discourage the rising trend of child beggars in the state.
Speaking to the Chairman and members of the International Federation of Women
Lawyers (FIDA) in the state, led by Mrs. Stella Ojemen, who paid him a courtesy
visit at the Government House, on Tuesday, Oshiomhole said, "Edo State
Government appreciates that you are addressing some of the challenges that
government ought to have addressed like ensuring that we all mount campaigns
against rape and defilement as well as ensure that when people have carried out
these heinous crimes, that they are properly arrested and that they are
diligently prosecuted with a view to sending them to prison.
"We have discussed this time and again at our Executive Council Meetings and at
a point, we asked the Attorney-General to review the laws such that the number
of years a convict gets will commensurate with the severe nature of rape and
defilement".
Oshiomhole continued, "we are concerned, we have discussed this and we have a
feeling that the number of reported cases are on the increase. We also know
that because of the nature of our environment, there will be several others
that may not even be reported at all.
"When you look at the sheer number of rape cases that are recorded, it is clear
that across the country, both rape and defilement cases are increasing and
therefore this calls for tougher measures on the part of those strengthening
the law and providing for stiffer and harsher punishments than what is
currently obtained but also ensure that the few cases that are reported are
properly prosecuted with a view to securing conviction.
"Consistent with our commitment in this area, I would advise that whenever you
have such cases, when you are likely to have much more information than even
the Ministry of Justice or Police, and there might be cases where efforts are
made to cover up cases reported in some quarters, you are an NGO and might wish
to open up such cases. So I will advise you to liaise effectively with the
Attorney-General and also encourage the Local Government Chapters to ensure
that all cases are reported."
The Governor however noted that the State has recorded a high level of victory
in the fight against kidnapping and reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that
kidnappers are completely put out of business in the State.
He said, "I appreciate the issues you raised about kidnapping and the peculiar
challenges that female victims suffer but we are dealing with it globally and
we have recorded a lot of achievements. We have presently up to 50 cases of
kidnappers that have been arrested and so the era of impunity where the state
appears helpless is over.
"The unfortunate thing though is that as we apprehend we still have more young
people going into the business. We will sustain our effort at arresting and
ensuring prosecution. We have amended the law to provide for death penalty for
proven cases of kidnapping and also to demolish the houses of the kidnappers or
any premises used for kidnapping because we feel that landlords are liable,
they are supposed to verify the character and status of their tenants. These
are some of the measures we have taken to ensure that we make the state a lot
safer for our people".
The Governor called on the people of the State to join hands with Government
and other Non Governmental Organizations to ensure that incidents of child
labour and street begging are completely wiped out of the State adding that Edo
people are not lazy and will never succumb to begging as an alternative to hard
work.
He said, "on the issue of Child Labour, I am disturbed at the growing numbers
of beggars and their children that I see along the streets and a lot of these
people are people who have migrated to Edo these past few months and unless we
take firm measures, Edo may become a haven for beggars that have been thrown
out of even their own states of origin where begging has been prohibited. I
have directed the Commissioner for Women Affair to take firm measures to bring
this incidence to an end.
"Edo cannot be a haven for beggars. We recognize the economic challenges but
begging is not and will not be the solution and exposing children to begging is
unhealthy and I will even appeal to Edo people not to give alms to child
beggars because it doesn't help because women and their fathers push this
children to the street, they use them in the manner they do hoping they will
attract pity. The more pity we show to those kids, the more they are subjected
to these dehumanizing practices. This is not a thing to be encouraged."
Earlier, Chairperson of International Federation of Women Lawyers, Edo State
Branch, Mrs. Stella Ojemen said they were in Government House to promote the
rights of women and children. She said, "We are not profit making and not a
religious organization, non-political. Our duties are simple: to ensure that
women and children who are confronted with all kinds of issues are protected.
We are disturbed by the incidence of child labor and trafficking of women in
the state and with the plight of widows who are being disturbed by the families
of the husband.
"We are also worried by the incidence of female gender mutilation. We are also
worried about the maltreatment of women and children in crisis zones and we are
really disturbed by all of these issues."
(source: worldstagegroup.com)
UGANDA:
Lwakataka Co-Accused Convicted
Rally driver and businessman Ponsiano Lwakataaka's co-accused has been
convicted on 9 counts of murdering 9 people in Rakai District.
Asuman Muddu, 20, a resident of Kasambya village in Rakai District, pleaded
guilty to the offences before Masaka High Court Judge John Keitirima on Monday.
However, Lwakataaka and two of his co-accused, Vincent Fangesi and Emmanuel
Zzinda, denied the charges, pleading not guilty to the 9 counts.
They were remanded until July 20 for trial as court set July 9 to give Muddu
his sentence.
Court heard that on January 14, 2013, the accused and their accomplices, who
are still at large, attacked and brutally killed the family of the late Pastor
Steven Mugambe of Kyebe Pentecostal Church at Kyebe Trading Centre in Kyebe
Sub-county in Rakai District.
Prosecution led by Peter Ssemalemba and Ann Kiiza told the court that Muddu
confessed to police in an extra-judicial statement that he together with
Fangesi, alias Kanyama and Zzinda, were hired by Lwakataaka at Shs30 million to
kill the 9 family members.
Mr Semaremba asked the court to give Muddu a death penalty given the brutal
manner in which the family members were killed.
However, Muddu's lawyer John Kalule, asked the court to use its powers to give
his client a custodial sentence since he is a first time offender and has been
on remand for more than a year. Mr Kalule added that the accused had not wasted
court's time.
Lwakataaka's woes started early last year after he was arrested in possession
of immature fish and shooting at police officers while allegedly smuggling the
fish to DR Congo.
He was granted bail on August 1, 2014. However, he was re-arrested and remanded
to Masaka Central Prisons over new charges of murder last September.
(source: The Monitor)
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