Former Sudan Prez Omar al-Bashir to be questioned by judiciary

World Saturday 04/May/2019 16:42 PM
By: Times News Service
Former Sudan Prez Omar al-Bashir to be questioned by judiciary

Khartoum: Sudan's acting Attorney General Al-Waleed Sid-Ahmed Mahmoud ordered the judiciary to question ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and financing terrorism, the Ministry of Justice said.

"Acting Attorney General Al-Waleed Sid-Ahmed Mahmoud on Thursday directed to question former President Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir in the criminal suit under article 6/1 of dealing in foreign currency act and article 15 of Anti-Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism Act," the ministry said in a statement.

Mahmoud also directed the ministry to start investigating the financial transactions of former officials.

On Wednesday, the attorney general ordered the seizure of properties of figures connected to al-Bashir regime.

The judiciary was reshuffled on 16 April when the head of the country's ruling military council sacked the former attorney general and two top prosecutors.

The military council has been running the country's affairs since the downfall of al-Bashir's regime. It has been negotiating with the protesters to form a joint council to run the country during the ongoing transitional period.