Mubarak under detention in hospital
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April 14, 2011, Thursday
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EGYPT'S prosecutor general announced yesterday the 15-day detention of former president Hosni Mubarak pending inquiries into accusations of corruption, abuse of authority and the killings of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from power.
A separate announcement said Mubarak's two sons were detained for questioning in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the family has lived since the president's ouster on February 11 in a popular uprising. The sons, Gamal and his businessman brother Alaa, were transferred yesterday to a Cairo prison.
The announcements came just hours after Mubarak, 82, was hospitalized with heart problems in Sharm el-Sheikh. Mubarak is to remain in the hospital during his detention.
Since Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians have been calling for the investigation of their ruler of more than 30 years, along with that of many members of his government.
A statement from the prosecutor general's office announcing Mubarak's detention was posted on the social networking site Facebook early yesterday. It said the ongoing investigation was into allegations of assaults, killings and injury of protesters, corruption, squandering of public funds, and the abuse of authority for personal gain. "The prosecutor general orders the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa for 15 days pending investigation," read the statement.
Most of the top officials of Mubarak's government are now being investigated on allegations of corruption and abuse of authority.
While the former president was taken to the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, his sons were taken for questioning to the nearby courthouse by prosecutors from Cairo.
An angry crowd of 2,000 people had gathered outside the hospital late on Tuesday, demanding the sons' arrest. Then, in the early hours of yesterday, head of provincial security in the South Sinai told the crowd that Gamal and Alaa would be detained.
"Brothers, whatever you wanted, you have got ... 15 days," said Major General Mohammed el-Khatib, as the crowd erupted in cheers.
As a police van with drawn curtains took away the brothers, the crowd pelted it with water bottles, stones and their flip-flops, a sign of disrespect in the Arab world.
Later, an airport official at the Sharm el-Sheik airport said the sons have been transferred aboard a private jet to the Torah prison on the outskirts of Cairo, where other detained former government figures are already in custody. According to a security official in Sharm el-Sheik, Mubarak will be flown to The International Medical Center, a high-tech hospital on a highway near Cairo, where he will remain in detention.
The increasing role of Gamal Mubarak in the government over the last decade and the belief that he might succeed his father helped galvanize Egypt's protest movement.
Hundreds are estimated to have been killed during the protests as police opened fire and cracked down on the crowds.
A separate announcement said Mubarak's two sons were detained for questioning in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the family has lived since the president's ouster on February 11 in a popular uprising. The sons, Gamal and his businessman brother Alaa, were transferred yesterday to a Cairo prison.
The announcements came just hours after Mubarak, 82, was hospitalized with heart problems in Sharm el-Sheikh. Mubarak is to remain in the hospital during his detention.
Since Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians have been calling for the investigation of their ruler of more than 30 years, along with that of many members of his government.
A statement from the prosecutor general's office announcing Mubarak's detention was posted on the social networking site Facebook early yesterday. It said the ongoing investigation was into allegations of assaults, killings and injury of protesters, corruption, squandering of public funds, and the abuse of authority for personal gain. "The prosecutor general orders the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa for 15 days pending investigation," read the statement.
Most of the top officials of Mubarak's government are now being investigated on allegations of corruption and abuse of authority.
While the former president was taken to the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, his sons were taken for questioning to the nearby courthouse by prosecutors from Cairo.
An angry crowd of 2,000 people had gathered outside the hospital late on Tuesday, demanding the sons' arrest. Then, in the early hours of yesterday, head of provincial security in the South Sinai told the crowd that Gamal and Alaa would be detained.
"Brothers, whatever you wanted, you have got ... 15 days," said Major General Mohammed el-Khatib, as the crowd erupted in cheers.
As a police van with drawn curtains took away the brothers, the crowd pelted it with water bottles, stones and their flip-flops, a sign of disrespect in the Arab world.
Later, an airport official at the Sharm el-Sheik airport said the sons have been transferred aboard a private jet to the Torah prison on the outskirts of Cairo, where other detained former government figures are already in custody. According to a security official in Sharm el-Sheik, Mubarak will be flown to The International Medical Center, a high-tech hospital on a highway near Cairo, where he will remain in detention.
The increasing role of Gamal Mubarak in the government over the last decade and the belief that he might succeed his father helped galvanize Egypt's protest movement.
Hundreds are estimated to have been killed during the protests as police opened fire and cracked down on the crowds.
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