BBC: Tunisian prosecutors have opened an investigation into foreign assets of toppled President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family, reports say.
It will examine possible illegal transactions and foreign bank accounts, the official TAP news agency reported.
The move came as Swiss officials ordered a freeze on any funds held there by Mr Ben Ali.
The UN said on Wednesday it had received reports of 100 deaths in the unrest, and said it would investigate.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said: "My office has received information concerning more than 100 deaths over the last five weeks, as a result of live fire, as well as protest suicides and the deadly prison riots at the weekend."
Tunisia's Interior Minister Ahmed Friaa said on Monday that 78 people had been killed in the unrest. >>> | Wednesday, January 19, 2011
