Monday, March 7, 2011

Trial of former Egyptian Minister of Interior

The Egyptian judiciary has started on Saturday its hearings in the trial for misappropriating funds of the former interior minister, Habib al-Adli. Adli's resignation was one of the main demands of protesters during the uprising that led to the departure of Hosni Mubarak. They complained of police repression of protests.

Habib el-Adli, ousted from government in late January, was arrested Feb. 17, a week after the fall of Mr. Mubarak under pressure from the street. The bank accounts of former interior minister and his family were frozen in February. He is accused of having transferred to his personal accounts for more than four million Egyptian pounds (about 500,000 euros) by a contractor.

The next hearing is scheduled April 2. Mr. el-Adli, in garment white prisoner, pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and embezzlement against him. "That has not happened," he said twice in a calm tone. One hundred relatives of people killed during the uprising against Mubarak gathered on Saturday to court to demand the death sentence of former Interior Minister, reported a witness.

An investigation is underway on the violence that erupted during protests.

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