Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Mubarak was banned from leaving Egypt

Former President Hosni Mubarak and his family are forbidden to travel through Egypt during the examination of complaints filed against them, announced Monday, February 28 A spokesman of the floor. A freeze of assets of the Mubarak family has also been ordered, added the spokesman, Adel El-Said, who did not specify the nature of complaints.

Besides the President, who resigned Feb. 11, the request for his wife Suzanne and his two son, Alaa and Gamal, and their wives and Heidi Rasekh Khadija Al-Gammal, a judicial source said. February 21, an Egyptian court announced it had requested the freezing of foreign assets of the former president and his immediate family.

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down following the popular revolt that shook the country and handed over power to the army. The government says it has since left Cairo for the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea. Neither Mubarak nor members of his immediate family have been seen in public since.

According to the government newspaper Al-Ahram, the Mubarak family would have "secret accounts in Egyptian banks. The newspaper quoted deposits on these accounts of $ 147 million for Suzanne Mubarak, 100 million to 100 million Alaa and Gamal also. Egypt has launched since the fall of President of numerous judicial operations against political and economic power close to the former, relying mostly on charges of corruption or fraud.

The corruption of the Egyptian political and economic system was one of the main grievances of the protesters that brought down Mr. Mubarak. This issue is also fueling social unrest and demands for wage increases that have proliferated after the fall of President. Sunday, the Egyptian judiciary has announced that former Minister of Interior Habib El-Adli was being held from March 5 to money laundering.

This trial, like those of former ministers of tourism Zoheir Garranah and habitat Ahmad Al-Maghrabi and businessman Ahmad Ezz, close to Gamal Mubarak, will be held before the Cairo Criminal Court. The four men, whose accounts were frozen, were forbidden to leave Egyptian territory before being remanded in custody.

Several other persons are covered by procedures from their territory or financial investigations. On Mediapart Philippe Ries stresses the challenges of the fight against corruption in Egypt A report by Paul Brennan on Al-Jazeera returns on capital of Mubarak.

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