Former Egyptian Minister of Interior Habib al Adli, leading figure in the repressive regime of Hosni Mubarak, who is in custody, has pleaded not guilty at the start of a trial against him for alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment. A judicial source explained that al-Adli has appeared in this first session, which lasted only half an hour, before a Cairo criminal court, presided over by Judge Qansua Mohamadi.
According to state media, the judge decided to delay the hearing until next April 2 in response to a defense request for information and provide documentation. In addition, the court allowed the defense attorneys and make copies of all documents submitted by the applicant and decided the continued detention of the accused.
Gathered outside the courthouse hundreds of people shouted slogans against al-Adli and the Mubarak regime in the midst of a major military deployment. The Attorney General began investigating after receiving a notice last day 12 of the Unit for Combating Money Laundering Egyptian Central Bank reported that the owner of a construction company entered 4.5 million pounds (just under million dollars) in a bank account of Al Adli.
The investigation revealed that this same company had previously been awarded a project of the Ministry of Interior. On day 17, the Egyptian general prosecutor, Mahmud Abdelmeguid ordered preventive detention for Al Adli and three exresponsables the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Five days later, Mahmud ordered the prosecution of al-Adli and former Minister of Tourism, on a criminal Garana Zoher urgent.
The trial coincides with the assault last night by a crowd in Alexandria building services of State Security, the Ministry of the Interior. Egypt's prosecutor general, Mahmoud Abdelmeguid, banned from leaving the country Saturday to former Minister of Petroleum Sameh Hamdi to investigate alleged financial breaches, according to the Egyptian official news agency, Mena.
Mahmud has begun investigating financial irregularities Hamdi allegedly committed when he headed the Ministry of Oil. 
According to state media, the judge decided to delay the hearing until next April 2 in response to a defense request for information and provide documentation. In addition, the court allowed the defense attorneys and make copies of all documents submitted by the applicant and decided the continued detention of the accused.
Gathered outside the courthouse hundreds of people shouted slogans against al-Adli and the Mubarak regime in the midst of a major military deployment. The Attorney General began investigating after receiving a notice last day 12 of the Unit for Combating Money Laundering Egyptian Central Bank reported that the owner of a construction company entered 4.5 million pounds (just under million dollars) in a bank account of Al Adli.
The investigation revealed that this same company had previously been awarded a project of the Ministry of Interior. On day 17, the Egyptian general prosecutor, Mahmud Abdelmeguid ordered preventive detention for Al Adli and three exresponsables the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Five days later, Mahmud ordered the prosecution of al-Adli and former Minister of Tourism, on a criminal Garana Zoher urgent.
The trial coincides with the assault last night by a crowd in Alexandria building services of State Security, the Ministry of the Interior. Egypt's prosecutor general, Mahmoud Abdelmeguid, banned from leaving the country Saturday to former Minister of Petroleum Sameh Hamdi to investigate alleged financial breaches, according to the Egyptian official news agency, Mena.
Mahmud has begun investigating financial irregularities Hamdi allegedly committed when he headed the Ministry of Oil.
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