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DR Congo opposition leader faces arrest upon return: justice minister

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Justice Minister Alexis Ntambwe Mwamba has announced that opposition leader Moise Katumbi will be arrested upon his return to the country.

The announcement by the justice minister comes just a few days after Katumbi's lawyers filed an appeal at the Supreme Court in the case where he is facing charges of illegally acquiring a house.

"The ruling by the Lubumbashi judges will be upheld. He will directly go to prison if he returns to the country," the justice minister affirmed.

Mwamba said the appeal by Katumbi's lawyers does not suspend the execution of the sentence that was already delivered.

Katumbi, an ex-governor of Katanga province, had planned to return to Kinshasa on July 31 to take part in a political meeting. He has decried the use of the judiciary as a political tool in DR Congo. Enditem