Yes, I am sorry but you are guilty of spying for Norway (I wonder whether there is big money in spying for Norway, and if there is, what is it Norway is spying on.  I am quite sure Congo is warm, Norway is cold.  Norway has reindeer and snow, Congo is war.  Norway has ice and cold.  Norway is warm.  Norway has 12 men in their army, Congo is warm and everyone has a machete or weapon.)  And now you must pay us 300 million and then we will shoot you.  Oh, and you don't have to pay the entire 300 million, your employer - Norway - can pay the rest.

Sounds like extortion.



DR Congo overturns death sentences for Norwegians


22 April 2010 13:27 UK
BBC


A court in Democratic Republic of Congo has overturned the death sentences passed on two Norwegians convicted of murdering their driver.

Former soldiers Joshua French, who holds joint British-Norwegian nationality, and Tjostolv Moland were also found guilty of spying for Norway. The men had been sentenced to death by firing squad.

The two men lost an appeal at a military tribunal on 3 December 2009.

They and the Norwegian state had also been ordered to pay $500m (£300m) in damages.

But a military judge said the court had not followed the correct procedures and ordered a new trial, reports the AP news agency.

Last year, Norway's foreign minister said he had been assured that the death sentences would not be carried out.

The rulings drew immediate international protests amid claims of miscarriages of justice.

Moland and French have been held since May 2009 when their Congolese driver was found shot dead.

Both men denied murdering Abedi Kasongo, 47, maintaining that he was shot and killed when their car was ambushed by gunmen on the road near the city of Kisangani.





 
 
 
 
 
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