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Ethiopia drops corruption charges against former gov't officials

Source: Xinhua   2018-05-25 22:32:40

ADDIS ABABA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia on Friday dropped corruption charges against some former high-profile government officials.

Among the former Ethiopian government officials whose cases dropped on Friday are Melaku Fanta, the former Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority with the rank of a Minister, and his deputy, Gebrewahed Woldegiorgis, who were arrested in 2013 together with other 11 individuals suspected of involving in large-scale corruption cases, state television EBC reported.

Alemayehu Gojo, former deputy minister of finance and economic cooperation, who was arrested last year as part of Ethiopia's biggest anti-corruption sweep in years, is also another high-profile defendant included in the Federal Attorney General's latest amnesty list.

Gojo, who is a member of Ethiopian Parliament, had his immunity revoked by a vote in the Parliament, a necessary step before he was prosecuted for corruption.

The attorney general, however, did not disclose the total number of corruption cases dropped as part of the latest amnesty program.

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Ethiopia drops corruption charges against former gov't officials

Source: Xinhua 2018-05-25 22:32:40

ADDIS ABABA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia on Friday dropped corruption charges against some former high-profile government officials.

Among the former Ethiopian government officials whose cases dropped on Friday are Melaku Fanta, the former Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority with the rank of a Minister, and his deputy, Gebrewahed Woldegiorgis, who were arrested in 2013 together with other 11 individuals suspected of involving in large-scale corruption cases, state television EBC reported.

Alemayehu Gojo, former deputy minister of finance and economic cooperation, who was arrested last year as part of Ethiopia's biggest anti-corruption sweep in years, is also another high-profile defendant included in the Federal Attorney General's latest amnesty list.

Gojo, who is a member of Ethiopian Parliament, had his immunity revoked by a vote in the Parliament, a necessary step before he was prosecuted for corruption.

The attorney general, however, did not disclose the total number of corruption cases dropped as part of the latest amnesty program.

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