Mar.20, 2010

Bahraini authorities detained a government minister this week on charges of carrying out money laundering activities at home and abroad, according to a report.

The Al Watan Daily said that the minister was released on Friday due to health conditions, a day after he was charged and detained.

The minister, who was only identified as an official in an Interior Ministry statement, was taken into custody and interrogated Thursday by security services before he was presented to the Public Prosecution Office, the Kuwaiti daily added.