PM:04:24:09/09/2021
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SULAIMANI — A security forces unit affiliated with the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) raided the Gasin Cement Company in
Sulaimani’s Bazian district on Thursday (September 9).
A source from the company who spoke on condition of
anonymity told NRT that the unit remained at the facility for one hour and
broke some windows and doors.
It said that members of the unit gathered all of the
employees who were on the premises in one place and seized their mobile phones.
No company property was taken off site.
The security force did not provide any judicial order to
justify the raid, the source said.
Head of the company’s Uploading Department Salar Abas told
NRT that their employees were insulted by those conducting the raid.
He said that police arrived two hours after the raid and
that the company will file a complaint.
Abas said that they do not know what force it was because
the members were masked and did not identify themselves.
According to information obtained by NRT, the same force
later surrounded Faruq Group.
The raids come in the context of an ongoing power struggle
between the two co-presidents of the PUK, Lahur Sheikh Jangi and Bafel
Talabani, and their respective camps.
It is common in the Kurdistan Region for influential members
of the ruling parties to have significant financial interests in major private
companies, with those investments and resources becoming important levers of
power.
(NRT Digital Media)
