Monday, April 18, 2011

A former Egyptian prime minister and two ministers will be tried for corruption

Ahmad Nazif, a former Prime Minister during the regime of Hosni Mubarak, who was accused of corruption, will be judged, as well as former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli and Finance, Youssef Boutros Ghali, as confirmed by a judicial source. They are accused of embezzling public funds amounting to some 15.5 million dollars.

Nazif was appointed prime minister in July 2004 and resigned on 29 January. He was replaced by Ahmed Shafiq. The Office has ordered his arrest after he questioned for seven hours. The investigations are related to an order given Nazif, during his term, a certain German company to sell to the Ministry of Interior metal panels, totaling 92 million pounds ($ 16 million), a price that exceeded the tenders were other suppliers.

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