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The Kirkuk Criminal Court imposed a one-year prison sentence on Jamal Shuker, the former mayor of Kirkuk, on the PUK’s share, in the case of selling 10 pieces of land. This is the second mayor in Kirkuk to be sentenced for corruption.
Jamal Shukr, a former member of the Iraqi parliament from the PUK Fraction, was arrested by Kirkuk police and detained in Kirkuk prison.
Jamal Shukr, formerly the mayor of Kirkuk on the share of the PUK, was sentenced to one year in prison by the Kirkuk Criminal Court on October 19 on the case of selling 10 pieces of land when he was the mayor of Kirkuk.
In the same case, the Kirkuk Criminal Court sentenced 2 other municipal employees, but because they have no criminal background, the court did not carry out the sentence.
In addition to the punishment of Jamal Shukir, the Kirkuk Criminal Court has granted the right to the complaint through the civil court ask for compensation. 
Before the fall of the Ba'athist regime in 2003, the municipality of Kirkuk placed 10 pieces of land on a bid and was sold to 10 members who were close to "The Ba'athist regime, but the municipality of Kirkuk once again sold those lands and manipulated the price of transactions.
"We will formally condemn the decision with my lawyer on Sunday because I have no crime and I don't know why I was targeted," Jamal Shukr told Kirkuk Naw in a telephone call from prison.
Shkur also mentioned that at the beginning he did not sign the official letters related to the sale of the lands, but the municipal ministry forced him to do so, “the work is not illegal and I will publish all the evidence in the near future," he said.
According to Draw's information, PUK officials are now trying to find a way to get Jamal Shukri out of prison, fearing he will be sent to Baghdad, and for that, they are preparing a medical report on Jamal Shukri's health.
Jamal Shukrak is the second mayor of Kirkuk, on the share of the PUK that he is accused of corruption.
Abdul-Karim Hassan was previously sentenced to six months in prison by the Kirkuk court on the case of establishing a plastic factory.
Transferring Jamal Shkur's to Baghdad may open the door to some new cases at the Kirkuk municipality border. Following the October 16 incidents and the return of the Iraqi army to Kirkuk province, several provincial administration officials have faced court over corruption cases in previous years, including (a former traffic manager, former president of Kirkuk University, and former director of Kirkuk education).