Moroccan newspaper reveals new corruption of Maeen Abdul-Malik’s gov’t in France
ADEN, Dec. 29 (YPA) – Media sources revealed a new corruption scandal involving the son of the head of the coalition-backed government, Maeen Abdel-Malik Al-Wahsh, in the French city of Marseille.
Moroccan media outlets reported that Maeen Abdel-Malik’s son bought a tourist project, a “hotel”, owned by Moroccan businessman Farhan Ben Aisha, on the French coast in the city of Marseille.
The Moroccan newspaper, Al Massae, said that the hotel was registered in the name of Iyad Maeen Abdul-Malik Saeed Al-Wahsh, the 19-year-old son of the Yemeni Prime Minister, with a financial value of more than 70,000 euros.
The newspaper added that the businessman, Mohammed Aqel Al-Shihab, who oversaw the purchase deal, laundered the money of Abdul-Malik, headed by the Saudi deposit money, which the Committee of Experts included the name of al-Shihab in its annual report as one of the most prominent suspects accused of stealing funds allocated for the purchase of infant formula.
In 2020, the report of the UN Panel of Experts submitted to the Security Council had accused Maeen Abdul-Malik of his involvement in money laundering and manipulation of half a billion dollars from the Saudi deposit.
At the time, Abdel-Malik brought businessman Mohammed Al-Shihab, the owner of Shihab Company, from Jordan to Aden to confront the scandal of his involvement in various corruption cases.
Businessman Al-Shihab, who holds a British passport, and was born to a British mother, and have close relations with many Western circles and Abdul Malik.
Abdel-Malik tried to force Al-Shihab to be Minister of Communications in his government, but southern parties thwarted that.
Both Maeen and al-Shihab have a partnership in many investments, the most important of which is the establishment of a telecommunications company in Ethiopia called “B.Electromecha International Projects”, in which Maeen invests through Nazim Al-Sagheer, who belongs to Al-Sagheer Contracting Company, which Moein uses as a banner for his investments in several fields.
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