Qurei denies reports that 3 million US dollars was diverted to his joint bank account

Please Mr El Batoun give
back some of the $3 million
to the people so they can buy
some bread to feed their kids....

We will return reports

Ramallah – Ma'an - Head of the Palestinian negotiating team
Ahmed Qurei ( aka Abu El Batoun)has denied reports published
by a number of news websites that three million US dollars has
been diverted to a joint bank account he holds with two
unknown persons.

Qurei told Ma'an that the money is part of five million dollars
given to Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organisation and
the bank account mentioned in the news reports is the bank
account of the Palestinian National Fund in the Arab
Bank in Amman.

He said he did not know who was behind the news stories or
what was the motive behind publishing such accusations and
demanded legal action should be brought against those who
were trying to discredit him."I would like to clarify that this
amount is part of the five million dollars for the benefit of
both Fatah and the PLO, and that the account number
111444/713 noted in the letter named "Adli Sadeq" to
Mohammed Dahlan, is the account of the Palestinian
National Fund in the Arab Bank in Jordan,"
Qurei told Ma'an.

"The Account No. 21250/510 referred to in the letter refers
to the account of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement
(Fatah) in the Arab Bank in Jordan. The account is in the names
of different persons known to the movement and the decision of
the leadership since the mid-eighties and the start of the Fatah
movement was to register the account in the names of different
persons for security reasons," he added.

"This five million dollars was deposited on behalf of the
late president Yasser Arafat in the name of the secretariats
of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah
movement," he said.