Tunisian Police Arrest Ex-Prime Minister Jebali On Suspicion Of Money Laundering
Date
6/24/2022 3:19:21 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Trend
Tunisian Police on Thursday arrested former Prime Minister
Hamadi Jebali, who is also a former senior member in the Ennahda
Islamist party, on suspicion of money laundering, his lawyer said,
Trend reports citing Reuters .
Police in the city of Sousse seized Jebali's phone and his
wife's phone and took him to an unknown location, according to a
statement by his family on Facebook.
Jebali's arrest raises opposition concerns over the human rights
record since President Kais Saied seized control of executive power
last year, in a move his opponents called a coup.
The Interior Ministry declined to comment on Jebali's arrest.
The ministry called a press conference for Friday, without giving
any details.
Jebali's defence team said they met him at his detention centre
of the investigation into terrorism crimes.
'Jebali told us he will not answer the investigators' questions
and he entered into a hunger strike as the issue has a political
motivation and nothing to do with money laundering', Jebali's
lawyer Mokhtar Jemai said.
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