Talaat Abdullah, Egypt's general prosecutor has lifted a travel ban on ten members of Hosni Mubarak-era officials after they repaid a value of gifts they received from the state-owned Al-Ahram Press and Publishing Organization. Abdullah issued the decision on Monday as a temporary order until the investigation on "Al-Ahram Gifts" ended. The officials included former health minister Hatem El-Gabali, former head of the council of representatives Ahmed Fathi Sorour, Sorour's ex-office manager Yousry El-Sheikh, former prime-minister Ahmed Nazif's secretary Mohamed Samy Saad and former minister of legal affairs and parliamentary councils Mofid Shehab. A Cairo Criminal Court had also postponed a motion to freeze the funds of 26 Mubarak-era officials in relation to the case in question until February 5. Those members included the deposed president and his family along with former members of the Al-Ahram Board of Directors. A report issued by the Central Auditing Organization stated that gifts received by the former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif alone was worth up to 1,700,000 EGP while Safwat El-Sherif made up to 1,300,000 EGP.
