WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Congolese government have launched a Polish guy who used to be sentenced there to lifestyles in jail on espionage fees, Poland’s best diplomat mentioned Tuesday.
Mariusz Majewski is again in Europe, International Minister Radek Sikorski mentioned on X. Sikorski posted a temporary video of himself it seems that speaking to Majewski over the telephone to welcome him again. He didn’t say the place precisely Majewski used to be.
The 52-year-old Majewski used to be detained in Congo in February and later confronted an army courtroom within the Central African country, accused of spying. Final week, he gained a lifestyles sentence in jail. No main points have been launched as to the place he used to be held.
The allegations in opposition to him mentioned that he had “approached the entrance line with Mobondo militiamen,” moved alongside the entrance line with out authorization and “took footage of delicate and strategic puts and secretly noticed army actions.”
The Mobondo is a defense force crew that has been excited about intercommunal violence in southwestern Congo since 2022.
Poland’s International Ministry says that Majewski used to be blameless. President Andrzej Duda spoke at the telephone final week with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi searching for to procure Majewski’s unencumber.
Poland doesn’t have a diplomatic venture in Congo.
Final week, Polish International Ministry spokesman Paweł Wroński mentioned with out elaborating that Majewski “isn’t a secret agent, he’s a member of a vacationers membership” and used to be simply following his “hobby in lifestyles.” Wroński mentioned his “conduct used to be the results of a lack of awareness of native customs.”
Previous this month, the Congolese military mentioned it had foiled a coup try and arrested the perpetrators, together with some foreigners. A number of U.S. voters are amongst the ones arrested.
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