The Saudi Anti-Corruption Agency announced the issuance of preliminary court rulings against government officials detained in Saudi Arabia.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, the Saudi Anti-Corruption Agency announced the issuance of preliminary court rulings against government officials accused of corruption after being referred to a criminal court in Riyadh.
The organization said in a statement that court rulings had been issued against government officials, municipal employees, high-ranking officers, businessmen and some citizens on charges of corruption.
According to the report, those charged with bribery, forgery, abuse of power.
The Saudi Anti-Corruption Organization stressed: The initial sentences were between imprisonment and a fine and in some cases the two sentences together, as well as imprisonment with deportation and a ban on entering Saudi territory.
On the other hand, the organization revealed that in the past period, it has filed several criminal cases and the necessary measures are being taken to complete the legal process for them.
The statement said that the Saudi Anti-Corruption Agency continues to monitor and control anyone who encroaches on public property or abuses opportunities to pursue personal gain or harm the public interest.
The organization announced yesterday that in 2021 it will begin its competencies and duties in the fight against corruption, conducting 34,825 rounds of surveillance and investigating 7648 defendants in administrative, criminal and financial cases. During this investigation, 2460 defendants were arrested to complete normal procedures in this country and were referred to the judiciary.
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The Saudi organization called on citizens to report any suspicions or suspicions of financial or administrative corruption through various means, including email, toll-free telephone and fax.
Saudi officials have stepped up their surveillance and campaigns in recent months, submitting hundreds of cases to the judiciary in which hundreds of people, including princes, officers and government officials, have been sentenced to prison and fined.
Saudi officials have arrested a number of opposition figures on several occasions in recent years under the pretext of fighting corruption.
In 1396, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ordered the formation of an anti-corruption organization headed by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, following which dozens of current and former Saudi princes and officials were arrested.
The arrest and detention of Saudi officials on charges of corruption comes at a time when Saudi officials have not released details of the charges against them; In fact, there is no transparency required to handle such cases in the process of arresting the relevant defendants in Saudi Arabia. There is no exact information about the detainees.
Defending the wave of arrests of current and former Saudi officials and what he called the fight against corruption, Mohammed bin Salman claimed that he was trying to reform his country’s economy.