22 Egyptian Officials Arrested for Bribery
Atty. Gen. Abdel-Aziz Gindi ordered the arrest of 22 high officials at the Ministry of Industry, including the ministry’s No. 2 official, on charges of bribery and mismanagement of public funds.
In announcing the arrests Thursday, Gindi said the officials, including the first undersecretary for industry and two board chairmen of industrial companies, were paid $6 million by an unnamed West German company for the contract to build a paper mill at the town of Kos in southern Egypt.
The officials illegally excluded rival bids made by Japanese, French and Canadian companies, Gindi said.
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