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Court upholds freezing Suzanne Mubarak brother’s money

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December 19th, 2012

The South Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday supported the Illicit Gains Authority’s decision to ban businessman Mounir Thabet, brother of the former president’s wife Suzanne Mubarak, as well as his two sons, Tareq and Khaled, from accessing their money.

Thabet is detained for 15 days pending investigation into a graft case that also involves Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, and former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq.

Shafiq faces charges of granting Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, as well as Thabet and others, plots of land owned by the pilots’ housing association in the Bitter Lakes region for prices lower than their real value.

The court has postponed the case to 23 February.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Central Bank denies governor’s referral to Illicit Gains Authority

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October 10th, 2012

The Central Bank denied on Tuesday a report that Central Bank Governor Farouk al-Oqda had been referred to the Illicit Gains Authority on charges of “selling Egypt’s debt.”  

Reports were filed with the public prosecutor accusing Gamal Mubarak, the son of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, of manipulating Egypt’s debt and buying and selling promissory notes from 1986 to 1993. The reports allege that these actions were taken with Oqda’s knowledge.

The Central Bank released a statement pointing out that Oqda was not in Egypt during the time period in question and did not begin his term as Central Bank governor until December 2003, ten years after the alleged wrongdoing.

The statement emphasized that Oqda did not know anything about the incident and did not have any ties to Gamal Mubarak aside from having met him after he took office as Central Bank governor.

The bank called on websites and newspapers to ensure accuracy in what they publish in order to avoid confusion and further destabilization of the banking sector and the Egyptian economy.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Shafiq faces fresh corruption charges over land deals

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October 9th, 2012

 

Judge Osama al-Saeedi has been tasked by the Justice Ministry to investigate a new complaint against former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq over alleged violations in the Casa Blanca resort on the North Coast as well as in another project in New Cairo.

The complaint, filed by pilot Sayed Kamel Abdel Wahab, a member of the Cooperative Housing Association for Military Pilots board, accuses Shafiq, his late wife and his nephew of obtaining villas in Casa Blanca without informing the association’s board. It added that the implementation of the other project in New Cairo had been postponed for more than five years in order to hand it over to a firm run by Mahmoud al-Gammal, father-in-law to Alaa Mubarak, the son of Egypt’s deposed president.

Shafiq, who was the last prime minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, traveled to the United Arab Emirates in the wake of his loss in the presidential election against President Mohamed Morsy in June.

Authorities had placed Shafiq on airport watch lists and named him as a defendant in another criminal case on charges of selling a 40,000-square-meter plot of land in Ismailia owned by the pilots association to Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, at below-market rates in the 1990s. The sale would have taken place while Shafiq was the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak are defendants in the case.

Shafiq also faces charges of corruption during his term as aviation minister.

Activists accuse him of escaping the trial, and demand his arrest and return. His supporters believe that he did not flee justice.

Edited translation from MENA

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Shafiq referred to criminal court again on fresh corruption charges

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September 30th, 2012

A judge authorized by the Justice Ministry to hear the case has decided to refer former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq to a criminal court along with 10 other former officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation over charges of profiteering and seizing public funds.


The referral petition said the defendants had agreed to allocate ministry-owned lands to private firms without calling for tenders as stipulated by the law. They also entrusted private companies to implement projects for the ministry for inflated prices, also without calling for bids, according to the referral order.


Shafiq, who was the last prime minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, traveled to the United Arab Emirates in the wake of his loss in the presidential election against Mohamed Morsy in June.


Authorities have placed Shafiq on airport watch lists and named him as a defendant in another criminal case on charges of selling a 40,000 square meter plot of land in Ismailia that was owned by the Cooperative Housing Association of Air Force Officers to Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, at below-market rates in the 1990s, when he was the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak are also accused in the case.


Activists accuse Shafiq of escaping the trial and demand his arrest and return, while his supporters believe that he did not flee justice.


Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
 

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Gamal Mubarak demands his father be transferred from prison hospital

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September 25th, 2012

Gamal Mubarak, son of former President Hosni Mubarak, filed a claim demanding that his father, who is currently serving a life sentence in Tora Prison, be transferred from the prison hospital to save his life, security sources said Tuesday.

"Hosni Mubarak suffered an atrial flutter and rapid heartbeat at dawn on Tuesday, and [Tora Prison] doctors saved him from death," Gamal claimed, according to the security sources.

Gamal demanded that his father be transferred to a better equipped hospital and seen by a neurologist from the International Medical Center, said the sources.

The doctors monitoring Mubarak's condition were summoned and the head of laboratories at the Medical Complex of Qobba Bridge Military Hospital was also summoned to take a blood sample from Mubarak and conduct necessary tests.

Ihsan Kamil Georgie, a senior forensic doctor, was assigned by the public prosecutor to form a committee to carry out medical examinations on Mubarak when he was at Maadi Hospital and write a report on his condition.

The report said Mubarak's condition was stable and did not require surgery or a stay in the intensive care unit.

Based on the report, Mubarak was transferred from Maadi Hospital back to Tora Prison hospital.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

 

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Mubarak’s sons given land plots as courtesy, says prosecutor

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September 24th, 2012

Former President Hosni Mubarak’s sons, his Defense Minister Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala, his secretary and other senior officials were granted plots of land as a matter of "courtesy,” claimed the prosecutor investigating allegations that former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq sold state land to Alaa and Gamal Mubarak at below-market prices.

The sale took place when Shafiq was the head of the pilot’s housing association, which had been allocated the land by the former president.

Pilots association chairman Nabil Shokry has admitted to the charges, adding that Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were granted ​​40,000 square meters, whereas each plot allocated for the pilots to buy was no more than 4,000 square meters.

“I told Mubarak the land given to his sons was too big and people might hold this against him,” Shokry said. “He told me nobody will dare utter a word.”

He said Shafiq, who is fugitive in the United Arab Emirates, signed the papers for Mubarak’s sons, knowing the plot was too big. “I signed in my capacity as chairman, and he as treasurer,” he said.

“There are three others who are not pilots but were also given land plots,” he added. “They are the sons of Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala, Ambassador Nabil al-Araby, brother of the former chief of staff, and Major General Mallah Rahmy.”

But, Shokry said, the decision to effect the sales was decided by the previous board of directors when Mohamed Helmy was defense minister.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
 

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More accused in Shafiq land sale case

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September 20th, 2012

A committee of experts was summoned on Thursday to examine new claims filed in the ongoing investigations into charges that former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and others illegally sold government land to Alaa and Gamal Mubarak in the 1990s.

The committee includes representatives from the Illicit Gains Authority, the public funds authority and notary services.

The case has been referred to the criminal court and is set to start trial on 14 October.

The new police reports were filed by Saif al-Islam Abdel Fattah, head of the central administration of the Public Authority for Cooperatives of Construction and Housing, and Sayed Kamel Abdel Wahab, a member of the current Pilots Association’s Board of directors.

The reports state that nine other board members from the Pilots Association had also illicitly acquired plots of government land, as well as four other individuals who are not members of the association. The accused include ousted President Hosni Mubarak's former secretary and family members of former regime officials.

The reports were corroborated by the statements of defendants Nabil Shokry, Mohamed Rauf and Mohamed Kamal Fakhr, former members of the association’s board.

The committee has been asked to examine the legal procedures regarding the allocation of government lands, and to assess the various ways these land sales infringed on these rules.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Shafiq trial set to resume 14 October

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September 13th, 2012

 

The trial against former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, former President Hosni Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal Mubarak and other former Mubarak regime officials will resume on 14 October, the Cairo Court of Appeals decided on Thursday.

Shafiq is on trial for allegedly selling a 40,000 square meter plot of land in Ismailia that was owned by the Cooperative Housing Association of Air Force officers to Mubarak’s sons at below-market rates in the 1990s, when he was the commander in chief of the Air Force.

The defendants face 13 separate charges related to this incident, including profiteering, fraudulently acquiring public funds, intentional squandering of public funds and more.  In additional to these charges, Shafiq faces four additional ones.

Shafiq has been in the United Arab Emirates since the results of the presidential election were announced in June.

In an interview held in Dubai that was aired on the privately owned satellite channel al-Hayat 2, Shafiq denied all the charges against him.

He said that he is not running away from the country: “I refuse the term fugitive, I am a man who fought for this country.”

When asked why he hadn’t yet returned to Egypt, Shafiq stated that, “the atmosphere is still not reassuring, Egyptian people must be reassured.”

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Shafiq, Mubarak’s sons referred to criminal court over land sale

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September 11th, 2012

 

An judge has referred former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, the sons of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and four others to a criminal court over a corrupt land sale.

Judge Osama al-Saeedi has ordered Shafiq to be arrested and detained pending trial over facilitating the sale of a 40,000-square meter plot of land in Ismailia's Bitter Lakes region to Alaa and Gamal Mubarak at a preferential rate. The land belonged to the Cooperative Housing Association for Military Pilots, which Shafiq was the head of at the time of the land sale.

Saeedi accused the defendants of profiteering, forging official documents and the intentional squandering of public funds.

Other defendants include former association chairman Nabil Farid Shokry, general secretary Mohamed Reda and board members Mohamed Raouf and Mohamed Kamal.

Shokry had reportedly pled guilty to the charges.

The complaint against Shafiq regarding the land sale had been filed by former MP Essam Sultan from the Wasat Party.

Speaking to Al-Ahram newspaper from the United Arab Emirates, Shafiq said that the referral was expected and suggested that investigations into the case were influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party. Shafiq lost the presidential elections in June after competing against Freedom and Justice Party candidate and current President Mohamed Morsy in runoff elections.

Shafiq left Egypt after losing the election, and last month was placed on a "watch list" that said he should be detained at the border if he tried to return.

"The decision to place me on a watch list is political," Shafiq told Sky News Arabia from Dubai. "I will return to Egypt when it is suitable for me to do so."

Edited translation from MENA

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Trial of Mubarak’s sons adjourned to 7 October

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September 8th, 2012

 

The South Cairo Criminal Court decided in its Saturday session to adjourn the trial of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak and seven others on charges of manipulating the stock exchange to 7 October, in order to discuss the prosecution's first witness at the request of the defense.

In its session held on 9 May, the court listened to the statements of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, who denied the charges against them regarding the manipulating the stock exchange and the illegal gain of more than EGP2.051 billion, along with 7 others.

Farid al-Deeb, Alaa and Gamal Mubarak’s lawyer, demanded the release of his clients; since they were ordered detained for 15 days on 9 February 2012, he argued that they may not continue to be detained since their charges fall under the category of a misdemeanor.

Deeb also based his request on the fact that all other defendants were released except for Alaa and Gamal.

The Judge responded to Deeb’s request by saying the law has the final say in the matter and asked Deeb to submit the documents that demonstrate the lack of the court’s right to detain the defendants.

Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred former President Hosni Mubarak’s sons, along with seven other people, to criminal court in May.

Investigations suggest the defendants obtained the money by manipulating the stock exchange, Assistant Prosecutor Adel al-Saeed said in a previous statement.

Saeed said the defendants broke provisions of the capital market and central bank laws by agreeing to control the Al-Watany Bank of Egypt shares and creating a share for themselves. They allegedly buried and then sold the largest proportion of small investors’ shares, but did not disclose this to the stock exchange.

The defendants are also accused of concealing their identities during the bank share dealings through cluster companies and personal closed investment funds, located in Cyprus and the British Isles, and transferring their profits abroad.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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