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Egypt's Sisi sacks top auditor who alleged mass state corruption
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:26pm EDT
Egypt's Sisi sacks top auditor who alleged mass state corruption
CAIRO | BY OMAR FAHMY
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday sacked Egypt's top auditor who had stirred controversy by publicly concluding that government corruption had cost the country billions of dollars.
Hesham Geneina came under heavy fire from senior officials and pro-government media after he alleged widespread graft in newspaper interviews at the end of last year.
Sisi appointed a presidential commission that quickly concluded that Geneina had misled the public by saying corruption had cost 600 billion Egyptian pounds (about $76 billion) over a four-year period.
The presidency did not spell out in a decree why Geneina was dismissed but the move came hours after the State Security Prosecution said his findings were inaccurate.
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Egypt's Sisi sacks top auditor who alleged mass state corruption
CAIRO | BY OMAR FAHMY
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday sacked Egypt's top auditor who had stirred controversy by publicly concluding that government corruption had cost the country billions of dollars.
Hesham Geneina came under heavy fire from senior officials and pro-government media after he alleged widespread graft in newspaper interviews at the end of last year.
Sisi appointed a presidential commission that quickly concluded that Geneina had misled the public by saying corruption had cost 600 billion Egyptian pounds (about $76 billion) over a four-year period.
The presidency did not spell out in a decree why Geneina was dismissed but the move came hours after the State Security Prosecution said his findings were inaccurate.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-sisi-corruption-idUSKCN0WU1TN