Riyaz Patel
Sudan’s former president, Omar al-Bashir, allegedly received $90 million in cash from Saudi royals, an investigator told the deposed Sudanese leader’s corruption trial which opened in Khartoum Monday.
The former president, who was forced from power in April after 30 years in power, looked relaxed as sat in a metal cage wearing a traditional white robe.
His relatives chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) as proceedings got under way in the Khartoum court where he arrived amid a heavy security presence.
The deposed leader faces charges related to “possessing foreign currency, corruption and receiving gifts illegally.”
Prosecutors have also opened other criminal investigations against al-Bashir, including, charges of ‘money laundering,’ ‘financing terrorism’ and ‘ordering the killing of protesters’ – the latter an offence that carries the death penalty in Sudan.
Large amounts of cash were found at this residence after he was toppled.
“The accused told us that the money
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