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Egypt: Former ministers to face trial
Mohamed Abdel Salam Published in Bikya Masr on 25 - 02 - 2011

CAIRO: Arrest warrants for Egypt's former Minister of Information, Anas el-Fiqi, and the Chairman of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Authority, Osama el-Sheikh, were issued by Egypt's Attorney General on Thursday on corruption accusations. The men were both arrested a day after they were banned from leaving the country on Wednesday.
The two are the latest targets in a campaign to investigate former ministers and businessmen close to the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak on suspicion of corruption.
Al-Fiqi is accused of wasting 2 million Egyptian pounds (U.S. $350 thousand) in public funds on the 34th Cairo International Film Festival and El-Sheikh was accused of wasting 3 million EGP (U.S. $500 thousand) on TV.
Fiqi is the fourth member of Mubarak's former government to be detained, after the former ministers of Interior, Habib al-Adly; Tourism, Zoheir Garranah; and Housing, Ahmed al-Maghrabi, who are now facing trials on accusations of wasting public funds, money laundering, and corruption.
On Wednesday, the judiciary announced that former Culture Minister Faruk Hosni was also banned from leaving the country pending further investigations.
Moreover, the Attorney General asked that al-Maghrabi and Trade & Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to be put on trial. They are accused of profiteering and wasting public funds, along with steel tycoon and Secretary General of the formerly ruling National Democratic Party Ahmed Ezz.
Local newspapers reported that investigations found that al-Maghraby sold a piece of state-owned land in violation of laws preventing selling before the full price has been paid, where he earned 159 million EGP (U.S. $27 million) in profit, meaning the loss of more than 272 million EGP (U.S. $46 million) that could have gone to the state, the prosecutor said.
Investigators also found that in coordination with Ezz, Rachid and Amr Mohammed Assal, who headed the Industrial Development Authority, issued licenses for companies owned by Ezz in violation of ministerial decisions, the prosecutor said.
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