Weld Hedallah accused of getting money from Libya

The defendant lawyer for the former President of Muaritania Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah, who is detained on charge of preparing for a military coupe, announced that he ( Heddallah ) is also being accused of getting money from Libya.

The lawyer, who asked to be anonymous, said that a file was handed over to the defense clients include "evidence" on transferr of one million dollars from Tripoli, but he explained "we do not know yet if the matter belongs to the Libyan government or from another source of financing."

The lawyer added that the money which was transferred in two payments is run by one of the sons of the former President. He is Seidi Muhammad Hedallah who is currently also in prison for accusations which are "collaboration with a foreign state." Weld Hedallah's trial, who launched the presidential elections on November 7th together with the other 14 persons detained with him during the presidential elections, will start on Monday on charge of preparing for a coupe.

Mauritania had officially accused Hedallah of attempting to topple the regime. This was after the end of the recent presidential elections in which Hedallah came second in the elections, according to the Mauritanian ministry of the interior.