Court of Cassation: Ruling on Former Defense Minister Ahmad Al-Fahad's Secret Expenses Case Set for December 23
The Court of Cassation has scheduled the ruling in the case regarding the secret expenses of former Defense Minister Ahmad Al-Fahad for December 23, following the defense's closing arguments.
Translated by Qiyas from القبس — Original source
The judicial editor reports that the Ministers’ Court has set the case concerning the misappropriation of the Ministry of Defense’s secret expenditures for judgment on December 23, following the hearing of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad’s defense arguments in today’s session. During his trial before the Ministers’ Court, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad had previously submitted a check for the amount he was accused of embezzling, requesting that it be handed over to the Execution Department. The Permanent Special Committee for Investigating the Ministers’ Court cases had referred former Defense Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad to the Ministers’ Court in connection with the report on secret expenditures filed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousif.
