PA AG seizes assets of dozens of officials suspected of corruption

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Last update - 04:40 11/02/2006
By The Associated Press

Palestinian prosecutors have frozen bank accounts and seized assets in a widening corruption probe of dozens of government officials suspected of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds, the attorney general said.

But the sweep appears to fall short of a major post-election housecleaning in the corruption-riddled Palestinian Authority.

A Palestinian legislator who has collected information on dozens of officials and transferred it to prosecutors said two Cabinet ministers were among the corruption suspects but they are not currently under investigation.

Growing voter frustration over corruption and official mismanagement is seen as a key reason the Islamic militant Hamas won last month's Palestinian parliamentary elections. This week, Attorney General Ahmed al-Meghani said he suspected officials have stolen billions of dollars from public coffers in the past decade.

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[Redstone]

1. I thought you meant Pennsylvania!

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[Behind the Aegis]

2. I can't say that wouldn't be surprising either! n/t

[Redstone]

3. Having lived in Philadelphia, wouldn't surprise me either.

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