Egypt's Mubarak fined for communication cut
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May 29, 2011, Sunday
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An Egyptian court yesterday fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 Egyptian million pounds (US$90.64 million) for cutting off mobile and Internet services during January protests, a court source said.
It was the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11. Mubarak faces more serious charges, including ordering the killing of protestors, a charge which could carry the death penalty.
A judicial source said the administrative court fined Mubarak 200 million pounds, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds, and former interior minister Habib el-Adly 300 million pounds.
The court ruled that Mubarak, Nazif and Adly were guilty of "causing damages to the national economy" and the fines would be paid to the country's treasury.
At least 800 people died during 18 days of protests that toppled Mubarak, and more than 6,000 were injured.
Telecoms operator Vodafone said in January it and other mobile operators had no option but to comply with an order from the authorities to suspend services in selected areas of the country during the peak of the anti-government demonstrations.
Also yesterday, Egypt charged former Information Minister Anas el-Fekky with "deliberately causing financial harm" to the state-run Radio and Television Union, the state prosecutor said.
It was the second indictment issued against el-Fekky since he was forced out of office after President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.
The prosecutor said el-Fekky was referred to a criminal court in Cairo on charges of depriving the Radio and Television Union, which he ran, of about US$1.9 million in profits by exempting private television stations from fees for live broadcasts of the 2009-2010 football season and the start of the 2010-2011 season.
It was the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11. Mubarak faces more serious charges, including ordering the killing of protestors, a charge which could carry the death penalty.
A judicial source said the administrative court fined Mubarak 200 million pounds, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds, and former interior minister Habib el-Adly 300 million pounds.
The court ruled that Mubarak, Nazif and Adly were guilty of "causing damages to the national economy" and the fines would be paid to the country's treasury.
At least 800 people died during 18 days of protests that toppled Mubarak, and more than 6,000 were injured.
Telecoms operator Vodafone said in January it and other mobile operators had no option but to comply with an order from the authorities to suspend services in selected areas of the country during the peak of the anti-government demonstrations.
Also yesterday, Egypt charged former Information Minister Anas el-Fekky with "deliberately causing financial harm" to the state-run Radio and Television Union, the state prosecutor said.
It was the second indictment issued against el-Fekky since he was forced out of office after President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.
The prosecutor said el-Fekky was referred to a criminal court in Cairo on charges of depriving the Radio and Television Union, which he ran, of about US$1.9 million in profits by exempting private television stations from fees for live broadcasts of the 2009-2010 football season and the start of the 2010-2011 season.
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