{"id":1850,"date":"2017-11-21T13:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraq-sentences-former-governor-to-jail-for-misuse-of-public-assets\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T14:02:31","slug":"iraq-sentences-former-governor-to-jail-for-misuse-of-public-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraq-sentences-former-governor-to-jail-for-misuse-of-public-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq sentences former governor to jail for misuse of public assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\tDiyala\u2019s Second Criminal Court\u00a0handed down a seven-year prison sentence to Amer Salman Yaqoub in absentia in accordance with Article 340 of the Iraqi Penal Code for \u201cunlawful damage to property held for official purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe court noted that fugitive Yaqoub wasted public assets and paid 2.765 billion of Iraqi dinars ($2.348 million) to a company for the construction of\u00a0two power transmission lines, approximately seven kilometers long,\u00a0to a substation\u00a0in al-Khalis district<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe\u00a0Diyala court, after reviewing the statements of legal representatives of the provincial council as well as those from Diyala Electricity Department, found that the company had not completed even one kilometer of the project, despite being fully paid.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe independent commission stated that Yaqoub was found guilty for violating the duties of his job and causing intentional damage to public assets worth nearly three billion dinars.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tOn October 30, Iraqi criminal court sentenced former Duhok governor Tamar Ramazan to ten years in prison on charges of corruption.<\/p>\n

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