Today, Flavien Mbata, a magistrate in the Central African Republic (CAR) who has been testifying in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), completed giving evidence. He has testified for four days via video link from the CAR capital Bangui.
Mr. Mbata, who serves as a director in his country's Constitutional Court, has recounted how a group of the accused's troops occupied and looted his house. He has also presented to court documents he said retreating troops left on the floor of his bedroom after their three month occupation of his house. The documents included an information bulletin and a military training manual, both headed 'Congolese Liberation Army.'
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