Sunday 22 November 2009

Dubai court again clears ex-minister of fraud

A former United Arab Emirates minister, Khalifa Bakhit al-Falasi, was cleared on Sunday of corruption charges on appeal for a second time, his lawyer said.

Dubai's "Court of Appeals acquitted my client Khalifa Bakhit al-Falasi" along with two co-defendants, an American and an Indian who were earlier convicted along with Falasi, Hussein al-Jaziri told AFP.

Falasi, 51, was sentenced to two years in prison on February 24 for fraudulently taking control of a company after the death of his Lebanese business partner.

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