Algerian ex-PM and former health minister sentenced to 5 years prison time

ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Algerian court on Wednesday handed five year prison sentences to former Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui and former health minister Abdelmalek Boudiaf, along with fines of 1 million Algerian dinars, the state news agency said.

The sentences from the economic and financial Penal Court were related to a corruption case.

(Reporting by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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