Syria continues its campaign of fighting corruption
Syria, Politics, 5/29/2000

The Syrian authorities have continued their campaign in fighting corruption. It summoned on the former deputy premier Muhammad Haidar Haidar to be presented before the court.

Meantime, the Syrian ministry of finance released two decisions provide for reserving transferred and non- transferred assets of former deputy premier for economic affairs Salim Yassin and the transport minister Mufid Abdul Karim.

In the " official advertisement page, " the Syrian state-run daily Tishreen published one advertisement from the chairman of the supreme state security court judge Fayez al-Nouri in which he called on Haidar to come back to Damascus to be tried criminal charges against the state.

The text of the court call said " the convict Muhammad Bin Haidar Haidar, as the place of your residence is unknown and you had fled the justice, it was decided to inform you, in the local media, to be present at the state's supreme security court to be tried for the case raised against you. The date of the trial is Wednesday, June 28, 10 a.m."

The advertisement stated that if Muhammad Haidar will not attend the trial means the possibility of trying him in absentia and carrying out the two noted of "Arrest and bringing back warrant" against him.

Since 1970 Haidar had moved in several Party and official leading positions, until he had become a member both in the Baath Party national and regional leaderships, besides his post as member at the " national progressive front."

Haidar was the deputy premier for economic affairs at the government of Mahmoud al-Ayoubi ( al-Ayoubi government was at the beginning of the 1980s, after which came the government of Abdul Raouf al-Kasm and then of al-Zoubi in 1987."

Worthy mentioning Muhammad Haidar left Syria since 1983.

In the context of the same framework, it was said that the executive authority in Syria released two decisions provide for reserving transferred assets of the former deputy Premier for economic affairs Salim Yassin and the transport minister Mufid Abdul Karim.

The decision also states reserving assets of the two wives of both Yassin and Abdul Karim and their children. The Syrian ministry of finance released the two decisions on Saturday.

However, Abdul Karim was suspended on May 22, the day when former prime minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi committed suicide by shooting himself.

Other well-informed news reports in Damascus said that others were suspended in various ministries at decisions released by the central commission for inspection and audition. Among those were former directors general of companies.

In May, 1999 the Syrian ministry of finance reserved assets of the former director general of the Syrian Airlines Company, retired Lt.

Gen. Omar Rida at charges of loosing the company US $ 100 million on a maintenance operation for two planes for the company.

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