Somaliland appeals court upholds Buurmadow verdict, reduces term to 2 years
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An appeals court in Somaliland has upheld the sentencing of Boqor Buurmadow, a prominent elder in the region but reduced the jail term to two years.
The court siting in Hargeisa today affirmed a lower court verdict late April which found Buurmadow guilty of charges levelled against him after he attended the coronation of Beeldaaaje Mohamed Beeldaaje Ismael, the 19th Sultan of the Ali Salehman sub clan in Armo, Bari region in Puntland.
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Senator Sultan Ismael Sultan Abdirahman was also suspended from the House April 24 for attending the same ceremony.