Qatar gets rid of dubious attorney general – French paper
Former Qatari attorney general, Ali bin Fetis al-Marri, faces accusations of corruption and embezzlement.
These accusations were revealed recently by
French journalist and writer Ian Hamel.
He told the French newspaper, Le Point,
that French President Emmanuel Macron received on June 6 a letter from Ahmed
bin Adallah bin Qassim al-Thani, a member of the ruling Qatari family, in which
he accuses al-Marri and some of his associates of embezzlement.
In the letter, al-Thani also accuses
al-Marri of using France as a haven for committing criminal acts, Hamel told
the French newspaper.
Al-Bawaba News was the first newspaper to
throw light on a report in this regard in September 2018.
The report sheds light on the corruption of
the former Qatari attorney general, his financial infringements in Europe and
his financing of terrorism, especially the international organization of the
Muslim Brotherhood.
Some of these infringements were listed by
the French investigative website, Mediapart.
Al-Marri has been surrounded by suspicions
of graft and illegal enrichment since some of his secret accounts were
discovered in the National Bank of Kuwait.
Investigations by US authorities threw
light on relations between Saleh al-Marri and Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, one of
the planners of the September 11 attacks.
Ali al-Marri made contacts for his release,
which actually happened. Mohamed was exchanged with two Americans who were
imprisoned in Qatar.
He also made extensive contacts in 2008 to
release one of his relatives from Guantanamo prison.
Born in Doha in 1965, Ali al-Marri became the
attorney general of Qatar in 2002.
He is still the President of the
International Anti-Corruption Association. He is also one of the main mediators
between Paris and Doha.
Ali al-Marri has been heading the Rule of
Law and Anti-Corruption Center (ROLACC) in Geneva since 2017.
The letter sent to the French president
calls on him to conduct an investigation into the investments and the acquisitions
of Ali al-Marri in France.
