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Sierra Leone's anti-corruption commission said that a former vice president and former minister was arrested while the new leader of the West African nation was attacking corruption. The arrests are related to allegations of corruption related to a pilgrimage last year to the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
Mansaray was head of the Hajj committee, while Foh, a supervisor, is accused of mismanaging some funds withdrawn from the account 800, 00 Hajj
Both were members of the Hajj committee. administration of former President Ernest Bai Koroma.
The arrests took place after a transitional team presented a report to the new president Julius Maada Bio describing investigations into the practices of the administration of Koroma.
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