Dar es Salaam, July 8 -- FOUR people, including an advocate of the High Court, appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, facing 11 counts of leading organised crime, forgery, uttering false documents, stealing over 1bn/- and money laundering.

They were Khairoon Jandu (52), who is a Director with Jandu Construction and Plumbers Company Limited, Mohamed Majaliwa (39), the advocate, Ibrahim Sangawe (33), a Manager with Exim Bank and Zanabu Tharia (26), a house wife.

They were not allowed to enter a plea to the charges before Principal Resident Magistrate Kassian Matembele because the case has been filed under the Economic and Orgamised Crime Control Act.

The magistrate ordered the accused persons to go to re...