Cairo - Egypt's Prosecutor-General ‘Nabil Sadek' issued on Monday a media gag order on investigations conducted by state prosecution in a bribery case involving council officials. The decision by the top prosecutor was announced shortly after a defendant in the case committed suicide while in custody Monday morning. In an official statement, Sadek ordered the gag for all broadcast media, as well as newspapers, magazines, and news websites until investigations are concluded. The order also comes days after another defendant in the case, procurement manager at the State Council Gamal El-Laban, was charged with receiving bribes worth millions of Egyptian pounds.
