WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Two former ministers and four others accused of taking bribes to offer fishing rights in Namibia's biggest corruption scandal will see in the New Year from custody after a court dismissed their urgent release application on Friday.
The six are accused of conspiring to receive 100 million Namibian dollars ($6.8 million) in kickbacks from subsidiaries of Iceland's biggest fishing company Samherji to secure quotas.
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