The Attorney General’s Office announced last Monday that the Tripoli Criminal Court sentenced the Deputy Prime Minister and former Interior Minister in the Ali Zeidan Libyan government, Al-Siddiq Karim, to five years in prison.
Five ministry officials were also sentenced 42 months in prison, fined 70 million dinars, and deprived of their civil rights.
The court stated, in the reasoning behind the ruling, that the defendants harmed public money by arranging financial obligations on the state by concluding contracts that violate Libyan law.