Former Arafat Aide Under Investigation for Embezzling Funds from PA

[Maan News-PA] PA Attorney General Ahmad Al-Mughani is considering taking legal action against Muhammad Rashid, a former economic advisor to Yasser Arafat, after news reports that Rashid is planning to invest $600 million in a construction project in the Jordanian Red Sea resort city of Aqaba. Rashid is suspected of having embezzled huge sums of money from the PA following Arafat's death in 2004.