Maliki orders investigation into misappropriation of official cash

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered the formation of a probe committee to investigate the misappropriation of 17 billion Iraqi dinars (ID), earmarked for the salaries of Baghdad Mayoralty’s personnel. “The premier has ordered that quick measures be taken to arrest those responsible,” a statement released by the National Media Center and received by IraqiNews.com news agency quoted an official source in the Iraqi cabinet as saying. The committee will include senior employees from Maliki’s office and from the cabinet’s secretariat general, as well as representatives of the Board of Supreme Audit, the statement noted. SS (P) 1