Mubarak information minister acquitted of charges
Cairo Criminal Court has acquitted former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi of squandering public funds charges Tuesday.
Fiqqi had been accused of waiving the fees required from private Egyptian satellite channels to air football matches for two consecutive seasons adding up to LE12 million pounds. The former minister had been sentenced to seven years in prison then acquitted after his appeal.
Fiqqi is not the only leading Mubarak-era figure to be acquitted of charges. In the past few months, members of the Mubarak regime who have been acquitted of charges ranging from profiteering to killing of protesters include former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, former Minister of Housing Ahmed al-Maghrabi, former parliamentary speaker Fathi Sorour, former General Secretary of the formerly ruling National Democratic Party Safwat al-Sherif and both sons of former President Hosni Mubarak, Alaa and Gamal.
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