Algerian court detains Tunisian ex-presidential candidate Karoui
ALGIERS – An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a
charge of illegally crossing a border, a judicial source said.
The court in the eastern city of Constantine also ordered
the detention of four Algerians on people-smuggling charges, the source said.
They are accused of helping Karoui enter the country and provide a house for
him before his arrest on Sunday.
Karoui, the owner of the Nessma television channel and head
of the Heart of Tunisia political party, the second largest in parliament, was
placed in custody along with his brother Ghazi Karoui.
A court in Tunisia had released Nabil Karoui on June 15
after he spent more than six months in custody on money-laundering and tax
evasion charges.
Tunisia has been embroiled in a constitutional crisis since
President Kais Saied this summer announced emergency measures, which he
indefinitely extended last week.
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