Today, Jean Pierre Bemba's former lead defense lawyer and two associates were released from International Criminal Court (ICC) detention. The trio, along with another former lawyer to the Congolese opposition leader, had been held in The Hague for nearly a year on accusations of bribing witnesses and forging evidence.
According to a statement from the court, defense lawyer Aimé Kilolo Musamba was released in Belgium, Bemba's former chief of staff Fidèle Babala Wandu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and defense witness Narcisse Arido in France. Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, who was Mr. Bemba's case manager at the time of his arrest, will be released as soon as the ICC Registry finalized all the necessary arrangements.
...