Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby has replaced the top management of his country's ​anti-corruption authority amid a dispute involving ‌the state-owned Chadian Hydrocarbons Company (SHT).

Deby's action, announced in a decree, came after the anti-corruption authority said its ​inspectors had been detained and assaulted by state ​security agents during a visit to audit ⁠SHT's operations earlier this month.
The decree did not give ​any reasons for Deby's actions, or mention the ​reported assault or detention.
The anti-corruption authority said in a statement last Wednesday its officers were assaulted after they requested documents ​to check revenues, including sales invoices sent ​to commodities trader Glencore (GLEN.L), opens new tab.
Glencore, which was not accused of ‌any ⁠wrongdoing by the authority or any other body, declined to comment.
The national hydrocarbons company, in a statement published on Thursday, denied that it ​had deliberately ​obstructed the ⁠audit.
The president appointed a new inspector general and deputy inspector general ​at the anti-corruption authority, replacing the two ​former ⁠post-holders, according to the decree signed on Friday.
Chad ranks 157 out of 182 countries on ⁠Transparency ​International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

-Reuters