Local
In line with judicial efforts to combat public fund embezzlement, Salah al-Din Criminal Court sentenced six individuals to fifteen years in prison for unlawfully seizing funds allocated for local service projects across the governorate. According to a judicial statement, the seized sums were designated to cover costs for rehabilitating and maintaining electrical installations, cleaning government offices, as well as the estimated cost sheet for supplying materials for a 400 kV power transmission line. The court issued these sentences pursuant to Paragraph One of Article 316 of Penal Code No. 111 of 1969, in conjunction with complicity articles 47, 48, and 49 of the same law.
