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(23 Aug 2019) A leading presidential candidate in Tunisia has been arrested and jailed on allegations of tax evasion and money laundering. • Media mogul Nabil Karoui's Nessma television station announced the Friday arrest, along with Tunisia's Interior Ministry. • Karoui was detained in the northwestern town of Beja while campaigning and was taken to a prison near Tunis. • The candidate recently appeared twice before financial prosecutors who froze his funds and forbid him and his brother Ghazi from travelling abroad. • Karoui has been a strong challenger to Prime Minister Youssef Chahed heading into the September 15 presidential election, which has 26 candidates. • The ballot was called after the July 25 death of 92-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi, who was the North African nation's first democratically elected president. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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