Iraq’s Labor Minister sacks 10 employees on corruption charges

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Labor Minister has sacked 10 employees and transferred their cases, along with 6 others, to the Integrity Commission, due to their involvement in financial and administrative corruption in northeast Iraq’s Diala Province, the Province’s Labor Inspector said on Saturday.  “The Minister of Labor & Social Affairs, Sadeq Ali, has ratified a demand, presented by Diala’s Labor Inspector, to sack 10 employees, under charges of financial and administrative corruption, along with the transfer of 6 others, to the Integrity Commission, he said.  Baaquba, the center of Diala Province, is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad.   SKH (TS)/SR 602