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The ICC building in The Hague, Netherlands. The court will on September 17, 2018, sentence former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba in a bribery case. (PHOTO | VINCENT JANNINK | AFP)
The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed a one-year sentence against Congolese ex-vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba for bribing witnesses during an earlier trial, which saw him being excluded from running for president.
The decision came despite the fact that judges at the court in The Hague had previously ruled the original sentences were too low, and that prosecutors had asked for a maximum of five years.
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