Iran Press/ Africa: A Sudanese court has indicted Omar al-Bashir on charges of corruption and possessing illicit foreign currency. Speaking in the courtroom, the former president said he had received other funds from other sources but did not use them for his own.
Yet, a lawyer for Bashir said his client denied the charges against him and that witnesses for the defense would be presented at the next hearing, Reuters reported.
The judge denied a request for bail and said a decision on the duration of Bashir’s detention would be taken at a hearing on 7 September.
In April, Sudan's current ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said more than $113 million worth of cash in three currencies had been seized from Bashir's residence.
Bashir, who was toppled on 11 April following months of protests, is currently being held in Kober prison in Khartoum, swept to power in 1989 following a coup.
He was ousted by the army after thousands of demonstrators launched a sit-in outside military headquarters in central Khartoum on 6 April 2019.
Protests in Sudan initially erupted on 19 December 2018 after his then-government tripled the price of bread. 101/211//215
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