Algiers court summons former PM Ouyahia in public waste probe - state TV


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  • Sunday, 21 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia arrives at the official dinner at the Orsay Museum, as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian court has summoned former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and current Finance Minister Mohamed Loukal, two close associates of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a probe into the wasting of public money, state TV said on Saturday.

They are being investigated over "dissipation of public money" and "illegal privilege," state TV said.

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