Assefa Abraha, brother of former defense minister Siye Abraha, has been released from jail yesterday for good behavior after serving 7 of his 9-year prison sentence.
About a year ago, the Woyanne kangaroo court in Ethiopia, had sentenced Assefa to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption.
Assefa and another brother, Mehret-Ab Abrha, were arrested and charged withcorruption 7 years ago after their brother, a top official of the Tigray People Liberation Front (Woyanne) and minister of defense, had a fall out with Woyanne boss Meles Zenawi.
The brothers languished in jail for several years on charges of corruption.
Siye and Mehret-Ab were released last year. Siye is now under 24-hour surveillance by Meles Zenawi’s security agents.