00:00He is accused of embezzling $2.7 million in taxpayers' money.
00:07Senegal's former Communication Minister Moussa Bouka Thiem is set to face an embezzlement probe,
00:12according to a decision made by the country's parliament on Friday.
00:16Thiem is the latest case in a series of ex-members of former President Macky Sal's government to be targeted.
00:24At least five of Sal's ministers have been referred to the High Court of Justice
00:29since current President Bersiroudi Omerfaye came to power in March 2024.
00:35The High Court of Justice is responsible for trying former members of government
00:40over crimes they committed during the time in office.
00:44Thiem meanwhile denounced the probe on his social media.
00:47He said it had no legal basis and that he would fight it in court.
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