Ex-Tunisian Presidential Prospect Jailed in Economic Scenario | Globe Information

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Previous Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui has been arrested on prices of cash laundering and tax evasion, a Tunis court spokesman said on Thursday.

Karoui spent most of previous year’s presidential marketing campaign in jail for the exact expenses, which he identified as politically driven. He was launched just just before the election, but the investigation continued. A decide in charge of economical scenarios purchased him jailed again on Thursday, claimed a Tunis court spokesman Mohsen Dali.

Dali explained Karoui can appeal his arrest. Karoui’s brother Ghazi is also going through rates but was not arrested for the reason that he enjoys immunity as a parliament deputy, the spokesman explained.

A member of Karoui’s aid committee, attorney Nazih Souii, explained he was “surprised and shocked” by the arrest, and alleged that the judge acted less than “political pressure.”

The scenario versus Karoui was opened soon after a complaint 4 several years in the past by an anti-corruption team.

Karoui, a populist media mogul, started Nessma Television and heads the Qalb Tunis social gathering, the next-largest get together in parliament.

Karoui was runner-up in past year’s presidential election, gained by Kais Saied, a conservative professor who has vowed to root out corruption that has contributed to Tunisia’s financial struggles.

Both equally candidates rode to the presidential runoff on the disenchantment of Tunisians, specially younger people today and the weak, who felt the governing class hasn’t fulfilled the claims of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, which unleashed revolts around the Arab earth.

Other distinguished figures have also been targeted not long ago in corruption investigations.

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