Shafaq News-Dhi Qar
The Dhi QarCriminal Court has sentenced a former official at the Nasiriyah MunicipalityDirectorate to six years in prison after convicting him of bribery, a securitysource told Shafaq News on Monday.
The courtissued its ruling under Revolutionary Command Council Decree No. 160 of 1983,according to the source. The Revolutionary Command Council was the executivebody that governed Iraq under the former Baath government until 2003, andseveral of its decrees remain in force under Iraqi law.
May 19, a jointforce from the Integrity Commission and counter-terrorism units arrested 10employees and officials accused of misappropriating public funds at theNasiriyah municipality and real estate registration departments.
In a separatecase on July 20, the Nasiriyah Misdemeanor Court sentenced a servingmunicipality official and his wife, also a municipality employee, to five yearsof rigorous imprisonment. The court fined each of them 1.8 billion Iraqi dinars(approximately $1.36 million) and a further $800,000, according to Shafaq News.
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