Sana'a: Militias steal $ 1 million of telecommunications revenues for the Houthi family and the Hashemites of Saada
English - Tuesday 20 April 2021 الساعة 12:51 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
Sources in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which is under the control of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, revealed that the Houthi Minister of Communications, Engineer Mesfer Al-Numayr and his deputy, Dr.Hashim Muhammad Al-Shami, disbursed large sums of money from the Ministry’s revenues as aid and gratuities to Houthi militia leaders in Saada Governorate.
The sources told NewsYemen: The disbursement process, which took place under the directives of the minister and his deputy, came after they received orders from the militia leader, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, that the ministry should carry out its duty to support and support those who were called the Mujahideen of Saada, its martyrs and wounded, and fulfill their sacrifices by paying them a Ramadan gratuity in the name of the militia leader.
According to the sources, the minister and his deputy, who are two Houthi leaders, have deducted an amount of up to one million dollars (equivalent to 600 million Yemeni riyals) from the revenues of the various sectors of the ministry that reap large financial profits in return for providing wired telecommunications services (fixed phone) and international telecommunications services. (TeleYemen), mobile phone services (Yemen Mobile) and internet services.
According to the sources, the amount was transferred to a special account in the Cooperative and Agricultural Credit Bank, the main center in the capital, Sana'a, which in turn transferred the amount to a special account for its branch in the Saada governorate in order to facilitate the receipt of those who would receive financial aid for it in the city of Saada itself, noting that the beneficiaries Of the aid and the amount of the sums they receive, it is made according to the lists sent from the office of the militia leader, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, under the name of Ramadan Mukarramah for the people of Saada.
The plundering of funds belonging to the public sector by the Houthi militia comes at a time when the militias continue to refuse to hand over the salaries of employees in their areas of control, and are limited to paying half the salary every half year, while the sources confirm that the levies that the militias carry out legally or illegally amount to billions. This was previously confirmed by international reports that revealed the militia’s control and looting of nearly two billion dollars in revenues, levies and disbursed for the benefit of their leaders and for what they call the war effort.
According to the sources, the exchange operations are carried out for the families and certain personalities, all of whom are from the family and relatives of the militia leader, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, and the Hashemites of Saada, who are close to the militia leader and who manage his security and intelligence apparatus.
The sources emphasized that this matter is being done in complete secrecy for fear of a protest reaction that may be carried out by affiliates and employees of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and its various sectors due to the confiscation and digestion of their rights by the leadership of the Houthi Ministry, and its refusal to spend any aid or gratitude for Ramadan to them, not to mention protest And the resentment of the rest of the people of the other provinces under the control of the militias, who will see that the preference for the people of Saada over them by the militia leadership reveals the truth of the racial and regional view practiced by the militias from their leader to their youngest leaders belonging to Saada towards the people of other provinces, even if they are leaders, followers, and fighters of these militias.
It is worth noting that there is an escalating conflict between those affiliated with the family of the militia leader and the Hashemites of Saada against the Hashemites of other provinces, led by Sanaa, Dhamar and Ibb, as the relatives of the militia leader and the Hashemites from Saada now control most if not all of the positions and joints of state institutions in the capital, Sanaa, and their areas of control, especially the institutions of interest. The wanton nature, while many Hashemites from other governorates who have topped the scene of supporting the militias since their coup against power and their control of state institutions by force on September 21, 2014 CE, were excluded, after the militia leadership had entrusted them with managing some ministries and state institutions for a limited period.
