– The judge considered the age and chronic illness of Chang when ordering a minimum prison term. The amount of compensation for the victims has yet to be determined
– The final decision on the time Chang will stay in a US prison will be taken by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
By MOZTIMES
Maputo (MOZTIMES) – The court of the Eastern District of New York, in the United States, last Friday sentenced Mozambique’s former Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to eight and a half years of imprisonment. The prosecution called for a jail term of 14 years for Chang but, before the judge took his decision, the former minister asked that he not be allowed to die in prison, far from his family.
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