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BBC News - Awema: South Wales Police investigate dishonesty claims Police have confirmed they are investigating allegations of dishonesty among staff at the race relations charity Awema. The charity has been dogged by scandal after allegations of financial mismanagement. Chief executive Naz Malik and finance director Saquib Zia were sacked earlier this month and its public funding was withdrawn by the Welsh government. Administrators have been called in to wind up the organisation's affairs. It came after a report said there was a "fundamental lack of control" at Awema.

BBC News - Awema scandal: Naz Malik and Saquib Zia are dismissed The chief executive and finance director of a race relations charity at the centre of a funding scandal have been dismissed following allegations of mismanagement. The sackings of Naz Malik and Saquib Zia were announced by the All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema). The charity has been at the centre of allegations of financial irregularities and bullying.