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The former Algerian Minister of Industry was held in custody on Sunday on charges of squandering public money, state television reported.
Youcef Yousfi is the latest among a series of political and business personalities to be arrested or questioned for corruption since longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in April in the face of mbad protests against his power.
Yousfi, who served between 2017 and 2019, is currently under investigation for corruption and is suspected, inter alia, of "squandering public funds" as well as "abuse of power and conflict of interest, "said state television.
He was placed in pre-trial detention by the investigating judge of the Supreme Court, the paper said.
The protests shook Algeria since February, initially against Bouteflika's candidacy for a fifth term.
They continued even after the resignation of the president in trouble in April, the protesters demanding a complete political overhaul and the departure of personalities of the Bouteflika era before the holding of new presidential elections.
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