Algerian ex-PM Sellal arrested over graft

By Hamid Ould Ahmed
Updated June 14 2019 - 1:48am, first published 1:42am
Former Algerian prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal is set to face graft charges amid mass protests.
Former Algerian prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal is set to face graft charges amid mass protests.

Algeria's supreme court has remanded ex-prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal in custody over graft allegations, state TV said, in a continuing crackdown on alleged corruption and cronyism among associates of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

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