Almotamar.net - SANA'A- A huge fire broke out today the ministry of higher education's archive department. A discarded cigarette butt was thought to be the cause of the fire.
Civil defense forces, along with six fire engines, rushed to the site to put off the fire.
Almotamar.net came to know from reliable sources that the fire has destroyed important documents that include investigations about financial and administrative corruption which was behind sending 500 students to study abroad illegally.
Minister of Higher Education Saleh Basurrah has already asked for carrying out investigations to look into forging documents with regard to sending students to study abroad on the light of a report released by the Central Organization for Control and Audit.
At present, nine suspects are tried on charges of forging documents that helped 560 students study abroad over the past years.