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Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested over allegations of abuse of power and misuse of public funds in the gas-rich Gulf state, state media say.
The attorney general ordered that Ali Shareef al-Emadi be questioned after a review of alleged “crimes related to the civil service”, according to the Qatar News Agency.
Mr Emadi has not yet commented.
He sits on the board of Qatar’s $300bn (£216bn) sovereign wealth fund and is chairman of Qatar National Bank.
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