Investigators found a trove of corruption Tunisia Zine El Abidine former President Ben Ali at the presidential palace in the city of Sidi Bousaid, the edge of the capital Tunis. Treasure found hidden behind a bookshelf.
According to news agency Associated Press, Monday, February 21, 2011, the leadership team celebrated professor Tunisia, Abdelfattah Amor, find jewelry and large amounts of cash stored in a wooden box.
This wooden box was found by investigators after a search team to the palace which had been occupied by Ben Ali and his family for decades.
Located behind a bookshelf, wooden box filled with cash dollars, euros and other currencies in large amounts. The box also stores a variety of jewelry, such as diamond and emerald necklace.
Amor said that current cash and jewelry was stored in central Tunisia and the central bank predicted how the value of these findings. If Ben Ali proven guilty, then the findings will be returned to the community.
"Once the legal procedure is completed, treasures that will be returned to the people of Tunisia," said Amor.
Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011 amid the turmoil demonstrations to overthrow him in Tunisia. Ben Ali later became a fugitive investigation team Tunis on charges of corruption. His wife, Leila Trabelsi, also how to on charges of embezzling state-owned gold bullion worth up to trillions of rupiah.
Currently, the government was asking for information clarity Tunisia Ben Ali's condition to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Allegedly Ben Ali was in a coma at a hospital in Jeddah. Tunisian Government also called upon Saudi Arabia immediately extradite Ben Ali if he was alive to undergo the process of investigation in the homeland.