Sanaa refers 23 people accused of corruption to Public Funds Prosecution

SANAA, Aug. 09 (YPA) – The Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC) in Sanaa on Tuesday referred 23 defendants involved in corruption cases who hold high authority and administrative positions in the state to the Public Funds Prosecution.

According to the authority, the referral of these cases to the Public Prosecution came to complete the procedures for filing a criminal case before the court on the facts of corruption, harming the interests of the Republic of Yemen, and appropriating and facilitating the appropriation of public money in an international loan agreement with a country and a foreign company.

The amount of damage in those cases amounted to 8,339,926 dollars of the value of the loan and 1,556,188 dollars of tax and customs evasion in corruption cases related to facilitating the seizure of state lands, modification of public plans, and assault on public facilities.

The SNACC approved the stoppage of the accused, who are still employed, from work pending investigation, and the initiation of measures and procedures for tracking the accused persons who left the territory of the Republic and joined leadership positions in the mercenary government (the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition).

It also decided to track the smuggled funds and the foreign company and seize the funds and assets belonging to them and the foreign company in order to ensure the recovery of the money and benefit from the agreement.

YPA