Egypt has requested the freezing of foreign assets of former President Hosni Mubarak and his immediate family, announced Monday, the Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud. Besides the President, who resigned Feb. 11, the request for his wife, Suzanne, and their two son, Alaa and Gamal, and their wives, said the magistrate in a statement.
Cairo had already requested the freezing of assets of former regime officials or ministers, but without making any such move for the former president and his family. Hosni Mubarak is in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea since his departure from power, the government said.
His "legal representative" has "categorically denied" on Sunday with the official news agency MENA, "unfounded rumors" on his property, who recently traveled to several media. He "categorically denied reports false and misleading and unfounded rumors published by some media (...) inside (the country) and abroad in recent weeks on the amount of his fortune or the existence of properties or all properties abroad. 
Cairo had already requested the freezing of assets of former regime officials or ministers, but without making any such move for the former president and his family. Hosni Mubarak is in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea since his departure from power, the government said.
His "legal representative" has "categorically denied" on Sunday with the official news agency MENA, "unfounded rumors" on his property, who recently traveled to several media. He "categorically denied reports false and misleading and unfounded rumors published by some media (...) inside (the country) and abroad in recent weeks on the amount of his fortune or the existence of properties or all properties abroad.
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