Detention warrants issued for two people in ELFOULADH case

The investigating judge at the Bizerte Court of First Instance issued detention warrants on Friday for two people on charges of abuse of office with the aim of obtaining undue advantage and damaging the administration, as part of the investigation into the situation at the Tunisian Iron and Steel Company (ELFOULADH) in Menzel Bourguiba. The judge also ordered to keep 38 other people at liberty, court spokesman Seifeddine Abidi told TAP. The prosecution will appeal against this decision next Monday, in parallel with the ongoing investigation into the case, the same source added. The examining magistrate, on February 12, issued a detention warrant for the former industry minister on charges of abuse of office for undue advantage and damaging the administration. According to the same source, the Public Prosecutor's Office had previously ordered the detention of 11 people and the placing on probation of 29 others on the same charges, prior to the hearings that took place on Friday night with the aforementione d ruling, pending the completion of the investigation. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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