Comoros Ex-Leader Held Over Passport Sales Demands Lawyer Access
- Sambi was jailed in August, after being under house arrest
- Parliamentary report found scandal cost Comoros $971 million
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Former Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi appealed to the Supreme Court to be granted unrestricted access to his lawyer to defend himself in a corruption case.
Comoros authorities jailed Sambi in August on charges of corruption, embezzlement of public funds and forgery related to the sales of Comoros passports. A parliamentary report found the scheme deprived the Indian Ocean archipelago as much as $971 million.