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Finally, someone is speaking out. This man wants JUST-IS to be spelled JUSTICE!!!


http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime ... s-1.566253

Dubai: The chief of Dubai Police has called for action against top officials implicated in cases of administrative corruption.

Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim urged authorities to strip such officials of any immunity from prosecution which they may hold.

He said such action would result in the prosecution of implicated officials in the last cycle of investigations to unearth administrative corruption.

"For the government to retrieve its money and revenues from administrative corruption by various establishments, they have to lift the immunity and authorise an investigative team to interrogate those senior officials and [ensure they] ... face prosecution.

"If the senior officials are to be let go, then the small ones should be freed as well. There is a list of names [of] all the officials who are required for investigation, no matter how small or big the person's position.

"The only gap missing in the cycle of investigations in corruption is to force the senior official[s] to take part in the interrogation," he said at a press conference yesterday.

Lt Gen Dahi called for the creation of a unified investigative team composed of officials from the Public Prosecution, the Dubai Financial Control department and state security agencies.

He said officials from the Public Prosecution would follow up on cases while those from the Dubai Financial Control department would provide authentic financial documentation. Security officials would then carry out criminal investigations.

"I am not satisfied with the current investigation as it needs more empowerment and unity so that it is proactively involved in limiting and ending corruption," he said.

"Corruption is a worldwide issue and hits every corporate and what started the problem in Dubai is the absence of financial monitoring of establishments.

"They were given absolute confidence and [the] freedom to practice without any monitoring upon their request from the government. Personally I believe monitoring is the first step to prevent corruption," he added.

Bad management

According to Lieutenant-General Dahi, corruption is a result of bad management.

He said most cases of graft in the emirate were committed by officials with criminal intent. He said this could only be solved by prosecution and imprisonment.

Earlier, Lieutenant General Dahi revealed that corruption and fraud at Dubai's state companies was very high and said there would be new and tougher penalties for violators.

"Something is unusual. We have never had such a high number of people involved in corruption," he told Reuters earlier.

Lieutenant General Dahi earlier also said police had drawn up "a list of more than 60 people mainly from government-linked companies" who are under investigation. However, he said no one on the list was from a government department.

"We never had this conduct in our government practices. But at government-linked companies, some thought there was a large scope for a lack of discipline," he said.

"We request the government to give the green light to bring the people involved in corruption to be investigated and prosecuted according to our laws."

Oh the delicious irony, it's almost too much.

Let me just see if I have this right before I laugh so hard my spleen explodes. A government official releases a statement suggesting that top level officials should be brought to justice if they are guilty of a crime, the day after the Sheikh Eisa verdict?

Someone pass the brandy.

Dr Strangeglove wrote:Oh the delicious irony, it's almost too much.

Let me just see if I have this right before I laugh so hard my spleen explodes. A government official releases a statement suggesting that top level officials should be brought to justice if they are guilty of a crime, the day after the Sheikh Eisa verdict?

Someone pass the brandy.

DrS, Sheikh Essa is Abu Dhabi's problem.

Khalfan is actually one of the good guys. He's talking about those individuals who worked for companies that were "government-linked", not the government directly. Basically the companies that have been in the news for being in deep dodo and received money, etc. and those people who "resigned" from other companies. Target: locals.

He himself said that he was not satisifed with the current investigation.... Trust me when I tell you, he is one of the good guys. He wants those at the top (the big guys) to be treated the same as those little guys (mostly expats) who are sitting in jail.

If you look at the photos of Sheikh Mo, you can always tell who is in, and who is out. There are new faces and mostly old faces (people who have been around for a long time), replacing those he was surrounded by for the past couple of years.

Ill give him six months before he retires/is retired

well bora bora along with shack Eisa case I want to discuses this issue too with you since you seem reasonable most of the time but as you can see with such a hopeless group it will end up in the fight club like all the other threads.

Bora Bora wrote:Finally, someone is speaking out. This man wants JUST-IS to be spelled JUSTICE!!!


http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime ... s-1.566253

Dubai: The chief of Dubai Police has called for action against top officials implicated in cases of administrative corruption.

Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim urged authorities to strip such officials of any immunity from prosecution which they may hold.

He said such action would result in the prosecution of implicated officials in the last cycle of investigations to unearth administrative corruption.

"For the government to retrieve its money and revenues from administrative corruption by various establishments, they have to lift the immunity and authorise an investigative team to interrogate those senior officials and [ensure they] ... face prosecution.

"If the senior officials are to be let go, then the small ones should be freed as well. There is a list of names [of] all the officials who are required for investigation, no matter how small or big the person's position.

"The only gap missing in the cycle of investigations in corruption is to force the senior official[s] to take part in the interrogation," he said at a press conference yesterday.

Lt Gen Dahi called for the creation of a unified investigative team composed of officials from the Public Prosecution, the Dubai Financial Control department and state security agencies.

He said officials from the Public Prosecution would follow up on cases while those from the Dubai Financial Control department would provide authentic financial documentation. Security officials would then carry out criminal investigations.

"I am not satisfied with the current investigation as it needs more empowerment and unity so that it is proactively involved in limiting and ending corruption," he said.

"Corruption is a worldwide issue and hits every corporate and what started the problem in Dubai is the absence of financial monitoring of establishments.

"They were given absolute confidence and [the] freedom to practice without any monitoring upon their request from the government. Personally I believe monitoring is the first step to prevent corruption," he added.

Bad management

According to Lieutenant-General Dahi, corruption is a result of bad management.

He said most cases of graft in the emirate were committed by officials with criminal intent. He said this could only be solved by prosecution and imprisonment.

Earlier, Lieutenant General Dahi revealed that corruption and fraud at Dubai's state companies was very high and said there would be new and tougher penalties for violators.

"Something is unusual. We have never had such a high number of people involved in corruption," he told Reuters earlier.

Lieutenant General Dahi earlier also said police had drawn up "a list of more than 60 people mainly from government-linked companies" who are under investigation. However, he said no one on the list was from a government department.

"We never had this conduct in our government practices. But at government-linked companies, some thought there was a large scope for a lack of discipline," he said.

"We request the government to give the green light to bring the people involved in corruption to be investigated and prosecuted according to our laws."

I look up to this guy and I'm realy interested to see who those are, it's about time.