12 government employees arrested on embezzlement charges

Two general directors along with ten employees of the Ministry of Urban Development and Land were arrested on charges of embezzlement and abuse of authority, said Tariq Arian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

According to the MoI Spokesperson, they were arrested in an operation conducted by the MoI’s anti-crime police forces earlier in today’s morning, Saturday, February 20. He detailed that the two senior officials were working as General Director of Finance and Administrative Affairs and General Director of Procurement at the Ministry of Urban Development and Land.