The Criminal Court has sentenced the former Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health to two years imprisonment with hard labor, reports Al-Jarida daily. He is convicted of forging a university certificate from the Arab Republic of Egypt for his son. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals has overturned the verdict of the lower court which had sentenced a US citizen to five years imprisonment and fined him 1,200 dinars, reports Al-Anba daily. The Appeals Court has acquitted the man of the charges of possessing, trafficking and consuming psychotropic substances. Defense attorney Asil Saif said her client was acquitted after the investigations were declared null and void because the accused said he was not good in Arabic and no interpreter was provided for him during the interrogations.
SOURCE : ARABTIMES
