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Conakry: Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday ordered prosecutors to take legal action against former president Alpha Conde, whom it overthrew in a 2021 coup, and more than 180 other officials and ex-ministers, notably for alleged corruption.
'You are enjoined... to initiate legal proceedings' for alleged acts of 'corruption, illicit enrichment, money laundering, forgery and use of forgeries in public writing, embezzlement of public funds and complicity' against 'the legal entities and individuals whose names follow', the justice minister said in a letter to prosecutors.
Read Also The list includes 188 names, including those of Conde and his ex-prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana. Their bank accounts have been frozen, the letter said.
'The Guinean government, in its policy of raising the moral standards of public life, has set itself the objective of fighting against economic and financial infractions,' Justice Minister Alphonse Charles Wright said in the letter.
'It is imperative to open judicial investigations to clarify the origin of the funds in these various accounts.'
The military, which seized power on September 5, 2021, has made the fight against corruption -- reputed to be endemic in Guinea -- one of its key battles.
Several former officials have been detained as part of the anti-corruption campaign, including some cited in the letter.
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