Former state television chief, Osama Al sheikh, was released on a bail of 50,000 Pounds on Saturday, as ANA website published on January 3, 2012. Advisor Salah Roshdy, in New Cairo court, headed a request to release Osama Al sheik, as it was assigned in December 17 to abolish the verdict of a five-Year imprisonment. Sheikh, head of the Egyptian Television and Radio Union, was sentenced to five years in a case involving the purchase of soap operas at inflated prices. Sheikh had been cleared in a previous corruption case and his family and supporters had expected him to be released.
