AL-AYYAM: Aden biweekly, 13-9-98. [Archives:1998/37/Press Review]

(Independent)   Main Headline:
1- Independent MPs criticize the Central Organization of Control and Audit for not carrying out its tasks properly.
2- In a letter to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, exiled opposition leader Abdulrahman Al-Jifri indicates that the present Yemeni leadership ‘has wasted an historic opportunity to bring about national reconciliation.’
3- MPs’ armed bodyguards are now prohibited from entering the parliament’s compound.
4- More than 60 Yemeni fishing boats are held by Ethiopian authorities.
5- Kuwait is to organize an Arab symposium on relations with Yemen.
6- Yemeni coast guards foil an attempt by Somali refugees in a sailing boat to land on the Yemeni shores. Several people jumped overboard and tried to swim to the shore, 30 of whom arrived safely while 8 others were drowned.
Article Summary:
Security Offices Broken Into
The Prosecutor’s Office in Ahwar, Abyan, has reported to the Ahwar chief of security an assault by the Director of Ahwar, accompanied by an armed group of his kinsmen. The assailants broke into the Ahwar security offices, threatened the personnel and released the Director of Duties.
Mohammed Ali Al-Shihabi was accused of setting up a false checkpoint, extorting money from travelers, and ordering the shooting of car whose driver refused to stop.

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