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13 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 17:57 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The trial of ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali will begin on 20 June, the country’s interim prime minister has said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ali fled to Saudi Arabia after he was toppled by mass protests in mid-January, after 23 years in power.<\/p>\n

He and his associates, who face 90 charges, will be tried in absentia in both a military and a civilian court.<\/p>\n

Interim PM Beji Caid Essebsi said Saudi authorities had not replied to requests to hand over the former president.<\/p>\n

“I am announcing it for the first time, the trial will start on the 20th,” Mr Essebsi told al-Jazeera television.<\/p>\n

Tunisia’s new authorities are preparing to try him and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, on drugs, guns and graft charges in absentia, AFP reports.<\/p>\n

Initial charges against him will relate to the discovery of cash, weapons and drugs in presidential palaces.<\/p>\n

This includes almost 2kg (4.4lbs) of drugs, believed to cannabis, and $27m (\u00a316.4m; 18.7m euros) in cash.<\/p>\n

Mr Ali’s lawyer has described the trial as a “masquerade”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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