Court of Cassation Upholds Prison Sentence for MP Baha Al-Nouri

The Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentence against Member of Parliament Baha Al-Din Noor Mohammed Hussein after reviewing the case. The Federal Integrity Commission had previously issued a seven-year prison sentence against Al-Nouri for the crime of illicit gain. The commission stated that the Central Anti-Corruption Felonies Court issued the ruling based on Article (19/Second) of the Integrity Commission and Illicit Gain Law No. (30 of 2011) as amended. The court also ordered Al-Nouri to return the illicit gain amounting to 5,887,850,000 Iraqi dinars and 10,990,787 US dollars, in addition to imposing a financial penalty equivalent to the value of the illicit gain according to Article (19/Fourth) of the law. Another sentence of three years imprisonment was issued under Article (19/Fifth) of the law for hiding information in his financial disclosure form. The harsher penalty was applied, and the seizure of his movable and immovable assets was affirmed.