Former PA official sentenced to seven years for embezzlement
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
April 28, 2009 - 12:00am


Palestinian Authority court in Ramallah sentenced a former deputy undersecretary of the Interior Ministry to seven years in prison on Tuesday. In addition to the former undersecretary, Muhammad Abdul-Latif Abu Hajja, the court also convicted his wife, Samira Arif Turkiyya, and son, Ayman, to seven years imprisonment and penal servitude, along with a fine of 375,000 US dollars.



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