DRC's High Military Court delivered its judgment on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 in the appeal case lodged by 8 FARDC officers sentenced at first instance for various charges. Among the first 5 cases submitted In court, one of the defendants, a Major accused of violating the instructions, had his sentence reduced from 5 to 3 years, while Lieutenant Kibonge, prosecuted for murder, was sentenced to death and dismissed from the army. Colonel Nlandu was acquitted and released for lack of evidence. Four other officers prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds were each sentenced to 10 years of penal servitude before being permanently dismissed from the Armed Forces, noted my confidant who took part in the meeting. It is since July 22 that the 9 officers including 8 belonging to the army and another to the Congolese national police had been apprehended, suspected of having detained. rned funds intended to finance operations during the state of siege, following a stay in Bunia of the inspector general of the FARDC, Army General Gabriel Amisi Kumba, accompanied by a large delegation.