JEDDAH: A court issued a 10-year prison sentence against a health employee in Al-Ahsa and fined him SR1 million for getting involved in forgery and fraud as well as embezzling public funds in contracts to import medical equipment for the Children and Maternity Hospital in Al-Ahsa.
Five others have been sentenced to prison terms of between three and seven years and fines that ranged between SR100,000 and SR1 million. The court ordered all the convicts to return the embezzled funds.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) announced that involvement of these men in corruption cases have been proven after they were referred to the prosecution. The commission’s spokesman Abdulrahman Al-Ajlan said the commission received a report from the Ministry of Health suspecting some of its employees were involved in forgery, bribery and embezzling public funds.
He said Nazaha coordinated with the ministry and administrative investigations to follow up on the issue. The defendants were arrested and regulatory procedures taken against them. They were referred to investigations and then to court.
Al-Ajlan added that Nazaha confirms the principle of transparency and fighting corruption in all its forms and methods according to the strategy of body. He called on citizens and residents to cooperate with Nazaha and report any suspicion involving corruption.
Six health employees jailed for corruption
