A total of 18 officials from the Jeddah Mayoralty are to be referred to the Commission for Investigation and General Prosecution and the Control and Investigation Bureau to face charges including administrative and financial corruption, according to sources. The officials had been detained earlier, but were released on bail. The sources said the group of accused includes three assistants - of the Jeddah Mayor, the Deputy Jeddah Mayor for Construction and Projects, and the Director General of Projects. Others are heads of subsidiary municipalities; the head of violations in the General Follow-Up Administration; and a number of employees. The sources said that the period the accused were out on bail had given them the chance to hire lawyers. The sources said the charges leveled against the 18 officials include administrative and financial corruption, their role in approving land plots on valley beds and flood routes and the approval of projects that were not completed according to set specifications.
