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| Bribery trial set for 16 govt officials |
| 2014-08-04 |
| [ARABNEWS] Sixteen Jeddah Municipality employees, including a bigwig, are facing trial for allegedly swindling and accepting bribes while implementing a water conservation project in the city. Trial for the 16 officials is set to begin at Jeddah's General Court by the end of this month, according to a report published by sabq.org electronic newspaper. Officials include representatives at firms that carry out municipal projects. The defendants were accused of exploiting their official positions, engaging in corruption and taking bribes in the form of cars and cash from company reps that had won the municipality contracts. "They are also accused of collecting money from private companies for the water conservation campaign and using it for their personal purposes," the paper said quoting the charges against the defendants. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 What kind of creative maiming happens when they are convicted? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2014-08-04 17:44 |