Bahrain’s Public Prosecution has concluded an investigation into the case of Qatari funding for Bahraini election campaigns.
The charges were brought against a former Qatari minister and Bahraini nationals, who aimed at harming Bahraini interests.
Advocate General Dr. Ahmed al-Hammadi explained that the Public Prosecution concluded its investigations about two Bahrainis, who received money from abroad without authorization from the competent authority, in breach of the law.
The two individuals received money from former Qatari minister Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani through their bank accounts or by occasionally traveling to Qatar to receive the cash, the last of which was confiscated with them recently.
Investigations showed that one of the two nationals received sums of money from the Qatari former minister to support his electoral campaign for the parliamentary elections
One of the suspects revealed that the aim was to undermine the national interests by interfering in the internal affairs of Bahrain and influencing the work of the legislative institutions to serve the Qatari hostile goals.
Accordingly, a judicial permission was issued to control and record telephone calls between the suspects, which confirmed the results of the investigations.
In line with an order by the Public Prosecution, the two suspects were arrested at Bahrain International Airport upon returning from Qatar with more than BD12,000 and 5,000 Qatari Riyals in their possession without declaring them at the Customs Department.
The High Criminal Court set a hearing on December 3.
