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A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has placed the former prime minister, Matata Ponyo under house arrest pending a probe into embezzlement charges.
The former premier is accused of embezzling money meant to compensate victims of an economic policy known as Zairianization that was launched in the 1970's.
Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa...
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