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Egyptian Court Jails Mubarak's Former Housing Minister for Corruption
VOA News May 26, 2011
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Egypt's former Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi arrives at court in a police vehicle in north Cairo (File Photo - February 23, 2011)
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An Egyptian court has sentenced a former housing minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak to five years in prison for involvement in an illegal land deal.
Egypt's state-run news agency said Thursday the court found Ahmed Maghrabi guilty of wasting public funds and helping a businessman buy seven hectares of state land at below-market prices. The businessman, Mounir Ghabbour, received a one-year suspended sentence for his role in the same case.
Authorities have been carrying out a sweeping investigation of state land sales in Egypt's lucrative property market since President Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in February. Maghrabi is the third senior minister of Mubarak's former government to be sentenced to jail for corruption.
The trials of former senior officials meet the demands of protesters who led the uprising and accused government officials of amassing wealth at the public's expense.
Youth activists say they will return to Cairo's streets on Friday for what they call a "Second Revolution" to press the interim military rulers to speed up the process of political reforms.
The activists are using social networking sites Facebook and Twitterto call for a massive turnout in Tahrir Square, the focal point of their February uprising.
The youth activists say the military-backed government is involving too many members of Mubarak's ruling party in the reform process. The ruling military council says it welcomes the free expression of ideas but is against Friday's planned demonstration.
Egypt's chief prosecutor said Tuesday Mubarak and two of his sons will be tried on charges of wasting public funds and ordering the killings of anti-government activists during the February protests.
In recent weeks, authorities jailed Mubarak's powerful interior minister Habib al-Adly for 12 years and his tourism minister Zuheir Garrana for five years on corruption charges.
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The Administrative Court of State Council ordered Mubarak to pay 200 million pounds (33.5 million dollars) to the State treasury, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds (6.7 million dollars) and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli 300 million pounds (50.3 million dollars).
This is the first court conviction against Mubarak since he was forced to step down on Feb. 11 after the 18-day protests.
The fine will be taken from their own assets and will be in compensation for the damage they caused to the economy when they ordered to shut down the mobile and internet services during the nationwide demonstration which erupted on January 25, state news agency MENA reported.
Mubarak's government shut down internet and blocked mobile phone services on Jan. 28, the most violent day of the protests, in a bid to prevent activists from using social network services including Twitter and Facebook to organize the protests.
Mubarak faces more accusations, including ordering the shooting of the peaceful protesters, which could carry the death penalty, and corruption charges. On Tuesday, Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were referred to a criminal court on charges of ordering the killings of protesters and graft.
He has been under custody in a hospital in the Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh since the beginning of investigations against him.
Egyptian Court Jails Mubarak's Former Housing Minister for Corruption
VOA News May 26, 2011
Egypt's former Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi arrives at court in a police vehicle in north Cairo (File Photo - February 23, 2011)
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An Egyptian court has sentenced a former housing minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak to five years in prison for involvement in an illegal land deal.
Egypt's state-run news agency said Thursday the court found Ahmed Maghrabi guilty of wasting public funds and helping a businessman buy seven hectares of state land at below-market prices. The businessman, Mounir Ghabbour, received a one-year suspended sentence for his role in the same case.
Authorities have been carrying out a sweeping investigation of state land sales in Egypt's lucrative property market since President Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in February. Maghrabi is the third senior minister of Mubarak's former government to be sentenced to jail for corruption.
The trials of former senior officials meet the demands of protesters who led the uprising and accused government officials of amassing wealth at the public's expense.
Youth activists say they will return to Cairo's streets on Friday for what they call a "Second Revolution" to press the interim military rulers to speed up the process of political reforms.
The activists are using social networking sites Facebook and Twitterto call for a massive turnout in Tahrir Square, the focal point of their February uprising.
The youth activists say the military-backed government is involving too many members of Mubarak's ruling party in the reform process. The ruling military council says it welcomes the free expression of ideas but is against Friday's planned demonstration.
Egypt's chief prosecutor said Tuesday Mubarak and two of his sons will be tried on charges of wasting public funds and ordering the killings of anti-government activists during the February protests.
In recent weeks, authorities jailed Mubarak's powerful interior minister Habib al-Adly for 12 years and his tourism minister Zuheir Garrana for five years on corruption charges.
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Egyptian court fines Mubarak, two ex-ministers 90 mln dollars
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> CAIRO, May 28 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian court on Saturday decided to fine former President Hosni Mubarak and two ministers of his regime a total of 540 million Egyptian pounds (90 million U.S. dollars) for damaging the economy with cutting off the mobile and internet services during the anti-regime protests, state media reported.The Administrative Court of State Council ordered Mubarak to pay 200 million pounds (33.5 million dollars) to the State treasury, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds (6.7 million dollars) and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli 300 million pounds (50.3 million dollars).
This is the first court conviction against Mubarak since he was forced to step down on Feb. 11 after the 18-day protests.
The fine will be taken from their own assets and will be in compensation for the damage they caused to the economy when they ordered to shut down the mobile and internet services during the nationwide demonstration which erupted on January 25, state news agency MENA reported.
Mubarak's government shut down internet and blocked mobile phone services on Jan. 28, the most violent day of the protests, in a bid to prevent activists from using social network services including Twitter and Facebook to organize the protests.
Mubarak faces more accusations, including ordering the shooting of the peaceful protesters, which could carry the death penalty, and corruption charges. On Tuesday, Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were referred to a criminal court on charges of ordering the killings of protesters and graft.
He has been under custody in a hospital in the Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh since the beginning of investigations against him.
