CARACAS: Venezuela's chief prosecutor faces a court hearing Tuesday over alleged misconduct in what her allies say is punishment for challenging the government over the country's deadly political crisis. Ortega launched a legal challenge against the government on human rights grounds and a case against Supreme Court judges. Pro-government lawmaker Pedro Carreno responded by filing charges against Ortega alleging "serious errors in the carrying-out of her functions." The Supreme Court last week ordered her assets to be frozen and banned her from leaving the country. She accused the Supreme Court of undermining democracy through a short-lived ruling that seized power from the opposition-led legislature.

Source: New Strait Times July 04, 2017 05:48 UTC