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ReutersSaddam prosecutor says demoted for whistle-blowingFri Jan 18, 2008 1:01pm EST By Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The chief prosecutor who tried Saddam Hussein said on Friday he had been demoted and transferred after speaking out against what he described as "financial and ethical corruption" in the Iraqi High Tribunal.
Jaffar al-Moussawi also said he believed he was being punished for calling for the death sentence given to Saddam's former defense minister, Sultan Hashem, to be reduced. He said the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT), set up to try former members of Saddam's regime, had transferred him from Baghdad to the northern city of Sulaimaniya as an investigative judge.
The head of the tribunal, Abdul-Razak al-Shahine, could not be reached for comment. His son said he was traveling in the United States and that no telephone number was available to contact him. The tribunal does not currently have a spokesman.
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"The decision to remove me was made after I wrote a memo on January 14 to the IHT head disclosing legal breaches and violations committed by judges inside the court," Moussawi said. "The more serious issue which I mentioned in my memo was the financial and ethical corruption inside the court."
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