Mabrouka Tougi, Libya’s Minister of Culture, has been held under detention pending an investigation against her over allegations of corruption, the Attorney-General announced on Wednesday.
According to a brief statement by the Attorney-General’s office, Tougi is accused of unauthorized spending of state funds, forging documents and obstruction of audit review.
Tougi is the latest minister in the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to be investigated for corruption. Earlier this month, Education Minister Musa Al Maqrif was arrested over his ministry’s failure to authorize the spending of allocated funds for school textbooks.