Gulf Emirate Dubai's Public Funds Prosecution is interrogating a former governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) for the alleged misuse of public funds worth $13.6 million during his tenure.
Former governor Omar Bin Sulaiman was earlier detained and is facing interrogation for the alleged abuse of public office.
The investigation is based on a report by Financial Control Department of the Dubai Ruler's Court, which confirmed that such violations took place during the tenure of Bin Sulaiman and accused him of abusing his position in appropriating public funds.
The Public Prosecution decided to detain him in custody during the investigation, which is being carried out by prosecutor Salem Bin Khadem under the supervision of Esmail Madani, head of the Public Funds Prosecution.
Investigations pointed out that Bin Sulaiman had awarded himself annual performance bonuses, which amounted to 50 million dirhams.
In this regard, Essam Eisa Al Humaidan, Attorney General of Dubai, said the prosecution is keen to implement justice without leniency with anyone convicted in this case.
Al Humaidan said the investigation on Bin Sulaiman comes within the framework of complete transparency and the effort to combat administrative corruption and to protect public funds and public office integrity.
He stressed that the step came after reports by authorities supported by documents confirmed the abuse of power by the former DIFC governor to seize public funds without legal justification.
Al Humaidan said the Dubai Public Prosecution will refer a number of similar cases in the coming period. The prosecution referred a number of cases involving financial irregularities to the court in the past two years.
