On Thursday, the Iraqi Prime Minister , Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, dismissed the security commander of the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, after he escaped from one of its prisons.

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The Prime Minister also ordered the closure of this prison attached to a police station located in the Green Zone.

The Green Zone is a heavily fortified area that houses state institutions, embassies, and the homes of senior political figures.

Saad Kambesh , the former head of the Sunni Endowment, which mainly administered Sunni shrines and mosques and other civilian property, was arrested on March 21 and soon sentenced to “four years in prison” after he was found guilty of “deliberately violating his job duties and causing damage to money.” general".

But the convict escaped from his prison.
Following "this incident and based on the report on the details of the escape," Al-Sudani decided to dismiss the commander of the Special Division, Lieutenant General Hamid Al-Zuhairi, due to the "weak measures" taken in this regard.

The prime minister ordered that "all negligent persons be held accountable and punished legally, and a re-evaluation of the performance of the security services."

On Wednesday, an official at the Ministry of the Interior, on condition of anonymity, said that eight officers and 18 policemen had been arrested in connection with this escape.

Al-Sudani ordered the "closure of the detention center at the Karrada Maryam police station inside the Green Zone, which witnessed the crime of escape, and the transfer of the convicts to the prisons of the Ministry of Justice, and the placement of the senior corrupt detainees in other detention centers, similar to the other wanted persons."

The prime minister also ordered the abolition of "any privacy in dealing with them as was usual, as the crime is one, and it cannot be divided or classified according to position and influence."

Prisoners inside this detention center enjoy a state of prosperity and special treatment, in contrast to overcrowding in other prisons, where the occupancy rate has reached "300 percent," according to the Ministry of Justice.

Iraq, which is rich in oil, is plagued by corruption that has infiltrated all aspects of the state. Condemnations often target junior officials, and rarely reach the very top.

Kempesh was dismissed from his position as head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan in March 2022, and before his arrest he assumed the position of deputy head of the Diwan.

Kambesh fled after a visit from his sister, Asmaa, a member of the Iraqi Parliament, who had breakfast with him that night.

Kempesh was convicted in April of buying a hotel in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, for more than $36 million, "although there was no economic feasibility" for this deal, according to the Integrity Commission.