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August 24, 2019
Ousted Sudanese military ruler Omar al-Bashir appeared in court Saturday for the second hearing of his corruption trial, during which his counsel asked for his release on bail.
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Al-Bashir,sat in the same metal cage he appeared-in on Monday when his trial on graftcharges opened.
In the firsthearing, an investigator said that Al-Bashir had admitted to receiving aboutninety million dollars in cash from Saudi royals in recent years.
The Judge inKhartoum heard three witnesses, two of them investigators who searchedAl-Bashir’s residency after his ouster and the other a banker.
Al-Bashir’slawyer Hashem Abu Bakr asked the court to release him on bail, which the judgeanswered he would examine a written application.
After thehearing, as a massive security convoy escorted Al-Bashir back to prison, twoopposing groups of demonstrators had gathered.
One group ofa few dozen protesters were chanting slogans for Al-Bashir to face justice notjust over corruption but for his role in the country’s deadly conflicts.