This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Fez
“Heba Press” learned from a well-informed source that members of the regional judicial police department of the city of Taza, and under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office, arrested a doctor at the Ibn Beja regional hospital in Taza, as well as ‘a student. qualified nurse from the private sector, on internship within the same hospital institution, in the context of their involvement in the request for a bribe from a citizen in order to give him a medical certificate.
The arrest, according to the same source, came following an elaborate ambush set up by the public prosecutor, in coordination with the judicial police, after a citizen called the toll-free number intended to report corruption crimes, during which he declared that the arrested doctor and nurse had blackmailed him into demanding a sum of money amounting to 1,400 dirhams in order to give him a medical certificate.
While awaiting their presentation before the competent public prosecutor’s office, adds our source, the two suspects were placed in theoretical custody, subject to an investigation carried out by the judicial police, with a view to determining all the circumstances of the case.
The use of the toll-free number as a means of reporting cases of corruption presents itself as an effective mechanism that allows citizens to contribute to obtaining justice and reflects the orientation of the State towards the involvement of society in the fight against this phenomenon. This case also shows the importance of making citizens aware of their rights and encouraging them not to remain silent in the face of possible illegal practices.
