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After spending one and half months in prison, the 29 alleged plotters of a coup attempt reported in Guinea Bissau last month, will finally be allowed to meet defence lawyers, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Friday.
Attorney General Antonio Sedja Man, was quoted as saying the detainees would be allowed visits from defence lawyers "at the right time". Lusa reported that the visits would happen soon.
On Thursday, the deputy chairman of Guinea-Bissau's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Emilio Costa, formally transferred the case of the alleged plotters to the Public Ministry. He was quoted by Lusa as saying, he had "managed to discover that there are two seperate lists of people that would form the government in case of the coup's success", including "names of Guinean political figures".
The coup bid, which was announced by the government, was reportedly staged on 3 December. The alleged leaders in detention include ex-navy chief of staff Lamine Sanha and another former senior armed forces official, Almami Camara.
Few other details have been given on the coup attempt or on the investigation by military and security services that followed, even after calls by the country's opposition leaders and parliament.
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