[23 January 2008]

SANA'A, Jan. 23 (Saba) - Security forces arrested 228 persons accused of terror and criminal crimes during 2007, the military-run 26sep.net reported on Wednesday.

The website quoted security sources as saying that Yemen freed 136 persons of the detainees and referred others to prosecution before they were found guilty.

On the other hand, by Arab countries handed over in 2007 five wanted persons to Yemen and it handed over eight convicted ones to Arab and foreign states during the same year.

Security services are searching for 494 defendants wanted by Arab and foreign countries and they asked some countries to find five persons wanted by the Yemeni government.

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Saba