Shafaq News- Mosul
A judicial authority handling public-corruption casesin Mosul, Nineveh Province, ordered the detention of the city's formermunicipality director, Abdul Sattar al-Habu, along with the former head of itsindustrial cities sector, pending an investigation into the alleged misuse ofpublic land.
A security source told Shafaq News on Thursday thatthe two former officials are being held for seven days under an order issued byan integrity investigation judge, allowing authorities until July 9 to completequestioning and compile their findings.
At the center of the case, the source revealed, is theapproval of a commercial tourist restaurant built on a plot reserved as aprotected green zone on the eastern bank of Mosul, an area legally off-limitsto development.
Iraq's integrity courts fall under the Commission ofIntegrity, the federal body responsible for investigating corruption by publicofficials. Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province in northern Iraq, hasundergone extensive reconstruction since it was retaken from ISIS in 2017, aprocess involving large volumes of public land and municipal contracting.
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