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| Egypt Court Ends Mubarak Detention in Fraud Case |
| 2013-06-19 |
| [An Nahar] An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended the detention of Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in one corruption case, judicial sources told Agence La Belle France Presse, but the ousted president will remain in jug on other charges. The North Cairo misdemeanor court ordered Mubarak's release but said it will continue to investigate accusations that he and his family acquired wealth illegally, the sources said. Investigators from the Illicit Gains Authority have been questioning Mubarak at the south Cairo prison where he is being held to look into how he acquired several houses and villas around Egypt. According to sources close to the case, Mubarak insisted that all the property was acquired legitimately. Last week, Mubarak, his wife and one of their sons Gamal said they would return gifts worth a total of $600,000 to Egypt's former information minister Anas al-Fekki, according to the official MENA news agency. |
| Posted by:Fred |