Saudi: 233 government staff arrested on corruption charges

Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) arrested a total of 233 government officials and employees on charges of bribery, abuse of power, and forgery. This follows 5518 inspection rounds that the authority carried out during the last month.

The inspection rounds resulted in the investigation of charges against 641 suspects and arrest of 233 among them, Nazaha said on Tuesday.

Those arrested included officials and employees of the ministries of defense, interior, national guard, health, justice, and municipal, rural Affairs and housing.

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