Abdelghani hamel biography sampler
Following the dismissal of Maj Gen Abdelghani Hamel, the President of the Republic and Salah ordered that Hamel's remuneration be stopped.
In April courts sentenced former police Director General Abdelghani Hamel, detained since July , to 15 years in prison on corruption charges....
Algeria’s ex-police chief detained in corruption probe: state TV
ALGIERS: Algeria’s former police chief Abdelghani Hamel has been placed in provisional detention over alleged “diversion of funds and illicit enrichment,” state television said Friday.
Hamel, who was fired in June last year, appeared before an investigating magistrate in central Algiers, it said.
Two of Hamel’s sons were also detained overnight, while his wife was provisionally released in the same case, state television reported.
In total, the examining magistrate will question 19 people in the case, including ex-civil servants and real estate agents, according to the official APS news agency.
Former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to fire Hamel last year came as a surprise, since he had been viewed at the time by analysts and the Algerian press as a potential successor.
Hamel was fired due to a cocaine trafficking scandal, which tarnished numerous officials including magistrates.
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