Shafaq News-Baghdad
An Iraqianti-corruption court ordered on Monday to freeze all movable and immovableassets belonging to Alaa Samir Rashed (Al-Jubouri), director general of the CentralElectricity Distribution Company and a senior figure in the Taqadum party,following his arrest on corruption charges, according to a document reviewed byShafaq News.
The Federal Commissionof Integrity arrested Al-Jubouri on Saturday on charges involving corruptionand the misuse of public funds, a security source confirmed, withinvestigations still ongoing.
ElectricityMinister Ali Saad Wahib moved Monday to remove two of al-Jubouri's deputies. Alaa Abdel-Hussein Abd Imran, deputy director general, was relieved due to amismatch between his professional classification, a petroleum engineer, and theadministrative role he held. Haider Mohammed Jawad was appointed in his place. Tariq Ibrahim Khalil, deputy director general for distribution affairs, wasalso removed, with Ahmed Khalaf Abdullah assigned as his replacement.
Iraq's Electricity Ministry dismissed the head of the Al-Karkh electricity sector and three officials in Abu Ghraib earlier in the week, while the Finance Ministry terminated the contracts of two employees. An additional 70 Baghdad employees were transferred for negligence in public duties.
On June 2, theIntegrity Commission also detained four senior electricity officials over analleged 1.744 billion-dinar ($1.33 million) scheme involving stolen electricalequipment in Diyala province.
A governmentsource told Shafaq News that further changes at the Central ElectricityDistribution Company are expected in the coming hours or days.
