CAIRO: Former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak has agreed to surrender assets, according to Egyptian officials on Monday evening. The wife of ousted President Hosni Mubarak is said to be prepared to relinquish the deeds to a villa in Cairo and around $3 million held in banks in Egypt. Egyptian lawyer, Nasser Amin, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that Suzanne Mubarak could benefit legally from relinquishing assets she holds. “She would be benefiting from articles in Egyptian law which allow those accused of making illegal gains of giving them up in exchange for dropping the investigation,” says Amin. “The decision may not be accepted by society, who after a revolution, side with the idea of revenge. But from the legal point of view, this is in line,” Amin went on to say. Former President Mubarak is accused of accumulating a fortune of tens of billions of dollars while in power. He is currently in the same hospital being treated for similar medical conditions. The Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa, remain under detention at Tora Prison following an order by the prosecutor. It was widely believed that Gamal Mubarak was being prepped to succeed his father as president before the January 25th Revolution. Many in Egypt remain under the impression that Suzanne Mubarak was instrumental in supporting Gamal Mubarak's succession to his father's 30-year-reign. Suzanne Mubarak, who is 70 years old, is currently detained at International Hospital in Sharm El-Sheikh, following an anxiety attack suffered late last week. Deputy Health Minister, Adel Adawy, updated reporters yesterday that Mrs. Mubarak continues to suffer from hypertension despite being medicated. She is to undergo further psychiatric monitoring and is scheduled for heart catheterization later this week in order to diagnose if cardiac impairment is present. An order for her transfer to prison was issued shortly before her medical condition was reported by doctors.
