Qatar orders arrest of finance minister
Ali Sharif Al Emadi to be questioned over alleged harm to public money, power abuse
Cairo: Qatar’s chief prosecutor has ordered the arrest of the country’s Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi for questioning on suspected financial offences and power abuse, the official Qatari news agency QNA reported Thursday.
The arrest order was made after scruitising documents and attached reports on the minister, QNA added without details.
Abuse of power
The minister will be questioned on reported crimes related to his post including harm to public money and abuse of power.
The public prosecutor has also ordered opening large-scale investigations into alleged offences involving the finance minister including harm to public money and power abuse, the media reported without giving specific details.
There was no immediate comment from Al Emadi who has been finance minister since June 2013.