5 get death for killing DRC MP
2008-09-22 21:22
Kinshasa - Three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death on Monday for the July 6 murder of Daniel Boteti, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament.
Four of the five accused - including the three soldiers, all members of the Republican Guard - were in the military tribunal in the DRC capital Kinshasa when the decision was announced, while the fifth remains at large.
Boteti was a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo led by senator Jean-Pierre Bemba, who went before the International Criminal Court in July for crimes allegedly committed by his forces in Central African Republic.