The widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat rejected the accusation of the Tunisian government about her involvement in financial fraud and corruption in the affairs of the private "International School of Carthage."
According to her, she really took a loan of 300 000 Tunisian dinars (about 200 thousand dollars) for a period of five years in a bank in Tunisia to establish an international school, but then signed the documents on the transfer of the entire financial responsibility, including loan, for the activities of the institution to the Tunisian ex President’s wife. Earlier, the court of Tunisia ordered the arrest of the widow of Palestinian leader on suspicion of corruption in the affairs of a private "International School in Carthage," which she founded in 2006 with the Tunisian former president’s wife, Leila Ben Ali. Suha Arafat expressed her great surprise to that decision.
She believes that she was the victim of harassment by the former Tunisian regime. However, Suha Arafat has threatened to appeal to the European Court of Justice (Human Rights) with the requirement "to protect her name from the attacks of the Tunisian authorities".
RIA News
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