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Ousted Sudan President to be Sent for Trial Soon, Prosecutor Says

Reuters

   KHARTOUM - Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will stand trial
   soon on corruption charges and 41 former officials from his government
   are being investigated for suspected graft, the chief prosecutor said
   Saturday.

   Putting Bashir on trial will test how serious the country's
   Transitional Military Council is about trying to erase the legacy of
   Bashir, ousted in April after 30 years of autocratic rule that saw
   South Sudan secede and the economy deteriorate.

   Chief prosecutor Alwaleed Sayed Ahmed Mahmoud said the former president
   would be referred for trial after a one-week period for objections
   expires.

   "Forty-one criminal cases have been opened against symbols of the
   former regime, and measures to capture and investigate will be
   completed next week," he added during a news conference in the capital,
   Khartoum, without giving further details.

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