{"id":29170,"date":"2017-11-06T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T06:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=29170"},"modified":"2017-11-06T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T06:48:26","slug":"saudi-attorney-general-says-corruption-suspects-not-to-be-given-special-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=29170","title":{"rendered":"Saudi attorney general says corruption suspects not to be given special treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RIYADH Nov 06 (TNS):<\/strong> Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Attorney General\u00a0Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said on Sunday that the government and private officials\u00a0recently detained over corruption charges will not get special treatment because of their status.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper, Mojeb said the\u00a0newly-formed anti-corruption body of the Kingdom is undertaking its measures in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Saudi Arabia detained 11 princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers, including the head of the national guard, the navy chief and economy minister.<\/p>\n<p>Mojeb, who is also a member of the supreme anti-corruption committee formed by King Salman on Sunday, said in a statement: &#8220;The committee has initiated a number of investigations as part of the state\u2019s judicial duty to combat corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government of Saudi Arabia is undertaking these measures in accordance with its laws and regulations in a manner appropriate to the nature of the crimes,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects are being granted the same rights and treatment as any other Saudi citizen. A suspect\u2019s position or status does not influence the firm and fair application of justice. During the investigation, all parties retain full legal privileges relating to their personal and private property, including funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an independent judicial process underway, which will be fully respected,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and everyone\u2019s legal rights will be preserved,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese actions were taken as a result of widespread consultations among the committee\u2019s relevant bodies that comprise the heads of the National Anti-Corruption Commission; the Control and Investigation Board; the General Auditing Bureau; as well as the Attorney General at the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office; and the head of the Presidency of State Security. Committee membership stretches across all relevant government offices to ensure proper checks and balances,&#8221; he said further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of an overhaul to ensure transparency, openness and good governance,\u201d concluded the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH Nov 06 (TNS): Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Attorney General\u00a0Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said on Sunday that the government and private officials\u00a0recently detained over corruption charges will not get special treatment because of their status. According to a report in the Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper, Mojeb said the\u00a0newly-formed anti-corruption body of the Kingdom is undertaking its measures in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[816,733],"class_list":["post-29170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-riyadh","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29172,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170\/revisions\/29172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}