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23 April 2024

Egypt prosecutor summons Hosni Mubarak

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak attends a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo in this December 11, 2010 file photo. Egypt's former president Mubarak said on April 10, 2011 that accusations of corruption against his family were unfounded and he had the right to defend his reputation. (Reuters)

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By Reuters

Egypt's public prosecutor summonned ousted president Hosni Mubarak as part of investigations into the killing of protesters and embezzlement of public funds, the prosecutor said on Sunday.
 

Mubarak's sons Gamal and Alaa were also summoned in the embezzlement probe, the prosecutor said in a statement, adding that comments by Mubarak on Sunday in which he denied accusations of corruption would not affect the investigations.
 

Mubarak said on Sunday the allegations against his family were unfounded and he had the right to defend his reputation.

 

Egypt's public prosecutor said on Sunday also said it had sequestered land belonging to Saudi billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal at Toshka in the south of the country.
 

The land is part of a desert reclamation project using water pumped from the reservoir behind Egypt's Aswan High Dam and delivered by canal.