Baghdad: The Federal Integrity Commission announced the issuance of a two-year prison sentence in absentia against current Member of Parliament Mohammed Nasser Dali al-Karbouli, after he was convicted of soliciting a bribe in exchange for interfering in a public official capacity.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Commission explained in a statement that the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court issued the sentence, along with a fine of ten million dinars, for demanding $50,000 in exchange for interfering in the closure of investigative committees formed against the complainant at the First Karkh Education Directorate and allowing him to remain in his position as a school principal. The statement added that the court, after reviewing the evidence in the case, concluded that the evidence was sufficient and convincing to convict the defendant, and issued its ruling in accordance with the provisions of Resolution No. 160 of 1983.