Appeals court upholds verdict against public sector workers

ABHA — The Administrative Court of Appeals upheld a lower court verdict sentencing two public sector employees to imprisonment and fine for embezzlement. Spokesman for the National Commission for Combating Corruption (Nazaha) Abdulrahman Al-Ajlan said it received reports from a citizen on several cases of corruption and abuse of power by the governorate employee. The employee worked in an administrative post and was running a business on the side, which is illegal for public sector employees. He a record of misdemeanors and was under interrogation over other charges, said Al-Ajlan. A pilot with Saudi Arabian Airlines was proven guilty of cooperating with the governorate employee in his transgressions, said Al-Ajlan. The Administrative Court, sentenced the employee to a year and a half in prison and a fine of SR10,000. The pilot was jailed for one year and fined SR10,000. The Administrative Court of Appeals approved the sentences. — SG