TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian media magnate Nabil Karoui remains in the race for next month's presidential election despite his arrest on Friday, the electoral commission said on Saturday.
Tunisian police arrested Karoui after a court ordered his detention in a case involving charges of money laundering and tax evasion. His party said his detention was a politically motivated attempt to exclude him from the election race.
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