Somaliland: Government Releases Detained Traditional Leader

Hargeisa May 23,2013(SDN)- Somaliland government has on yesterday released a well-known traditional leader King Rabi Yusuf after Hargeisa district court sentenced him to two years imprisonment on 20th March, 2013. King Rabi Yusuf a local traditional leader was arrested upon arrival in the country from Mogadishu on 2 Febaury, 2013. The king was found guilty of support to the federal government in Mogadishu where he is said to have not only participated but actively solicited support for the Somalia draft constitutional assembly held in the southern city of Mogadishu. Though the government of Somaliland resumed contact with Somalia after a hiatus of 21 years following approval by parliament last year, individual citizens are still deter by law from any association with the Mogadishu government thus an offence with the magnitude of treason.

 

By: Eng. Abdirisak Ismail Qalinle (Itaqile)

SDN News Desk Hargeisa