Former President Hosni Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, are being questioned over accusations of tax evasion, judicial sources have said. The ex-president's sons are accused of failing to pay taxes and customs amounting to LE80 million. The same anonymous sources allege that some of the people who filed Alaa and Gamal Mubarak's tax reports have accused them of abusing their power to pressure officials into falsely certifying that they had paid their taxes. In May, the two men were referred to trial along with their father and his close confidant, businessman Hussein Salem, over charges of corruption. Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six top security officials also face charges of killing protesters during the 25 January revolution that ousted Mubarak. The court is expected to issue a verdict on 2 June. A statement issued by the attorney general on 24 May said Salem gave the Mubarak sons four villas — the values of which exceed LE14 million — in exchange for allocations of large expanses of land in South Sinai. A team from the Public Prosecution reportedly went to Tora prison earlier this week to present the two brothers with the charges. They denied the charges and said they had paid all due taxes. A technical committee has been set up to investigate their tax history and prepare a report on the matter, the sources added.
