Saudi Arabia has dismissed several government officials running on tourism projects, adding the historic northwest of al-Ula, Red Sea megaprojects and the Souda Development Company on suspicion of corruption, the official news firm SPA, which brings up a decree, reported Friday.
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The culprits are being investigated for usurpation of land belonging to these projects, spa reported. The royal decree requires the Corruption Control and Combating Commission to investigate all those guilty of their alleged involvement and to initiate legal action against the culprits. , according to the news agency.
According to SPA, more than 5,000 violations have been reported on the lands of the Red Sea Project and dozens in al-Ula, as well as non-legal ones through the Royal Commission for al-Ula. “These violations are considered violations of the formula and constitute violations, which have been legal through some officials, have a ‘big impact’ on the final touch of the projects and constitute a violation of the jurisdiction of the Royal Al-Ula Commission,” spa reported. Lieutenant General Awad bin Eid bin Awda al-Balawi, director general of the border guard, and sent him back to retirement, as well as to the governors of Umluf, al-Wajh and the head of the Souda Center, according to SPA. commanders of border guard spaces in Umluf and al-Wajh have also been abolished.
Those of the official allegedly guilty of the offences, as well as his deputy in the Ministry of the Interior, as well as those guilty of crimes committed in medina, Tabuk and Asir provinces, were also dismissed.
The Ministry of interior and Municipal and Rural Affairs, as well as the governorates of Medina, Tabuk and Asir, had a month to “eliminate all crimes”. The royal decree also said that “very strict” measures will be taken in the case of any other offence, according to SPA.
In February 2019, Saudi Arabia introduced a new workplace to monitor state spending, saying it would continue the fight against corruption after a 15-month crackdown ended, state media reported.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that during the time the repression introduced in November 2017, which had affected dozens of the kingdom’s economic and political elite, had achieved its objectives.
The royal court said the deal had recovered more than $ 106 billion in settlements with dozens of princes, ministers and prominent businessmen.
Saudi Arabia’s king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, said at the time that the government would continue its efforts to combat corruption and public funds.
In May of this year, Saudi Arabia’s Anti-Corruption and Control Authority filed a total of 117 cases of monetary and administrative corruption opposed to the Americans who attempted to function as government entities in the following month. The cases concerned other people applying to the Ministry of Health. Ministry of Tourism and the Zakat and Tax Authority.
In July, the Kingdom issued initial rulings on five cases of monetary and administrative corruption, according to the SPA, in cases in connection with judges, citizens and workers of the Ministry of Education.
– With Reuters
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