The Libyan Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday a pre-trial detention of the Minister of Culture, Mabrouka Togi, over accusations of corruption in administration and finance transactions.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office said that Minister Tougi and other employees at the Ministry were implicated in corruption cases in the project of maintenance of Book and Publication Center’s building, meetings hall at the Ministry, and the roundabout outside the Ministry building despite the fact that all those operations were done last year and documented in the expenditures of the Ministry.
The Office deputy assigned to the case saw the administrative and financial documents and then interrogated the Minister on December 29 regarding the accusations.
The Office of Public Prosecutor decided to remand the Minister of Culture in prison pending investigation as documents had shown violations and corruption.
