ALGIERS —
A former prime minister under
Algeria’s late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has
been detained, according to media reports, making him the third ex-premier to
face jail on corruption charges.
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An Algiers judge
had placed Noureddine Bedoui, 62, under court supervision and confiscated his
passport after his detention on Sunday, but on Tuesday another court decided to
detain him.
Bedoui briefly
served as prime minister in early 2019 after being appointed to replace
unpopular premier
Ahmed Ouyahia as streets across Algeria were rocked by
unprecedented protests against Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term in office.
But Bouteflika’s
moves did little to placate anger, and just three weeks later he resigned under
pressure from the public and the army, bringing an end to two decades of rule.
Ouyahia and
fellow ex-premier Abdelmalek Sellal have both been handed long prison sentences
on charges of corruption under Bouteflika.
Bouteflika died
in September at the age of 84 and was quietly buried without the honors
accorded to his predecessors.
Bedoui, who served for
nearly four years as interior minister, was seen as an unwavering Bouteflika
loyalist and was despised by the Hirak protest movement that toppled them both.
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