Saturday, 28 May 2011
Protesters holding posters of former president Hosni Mubarak chant slogans in support of Mubarak in downtown Cairo. (File photo)
A Cairo court on Saturday fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two ex-ministers $90 million for "damaging the economy" with a telephone and Internet shutdown during Egypt's uprising, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Mr. Mubarak and his Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif along with Interior Minister Habib Al Adly have been ordered to jointly pay the state 540 million Egyptian pounds “from their personal funds” said a judicial source.
They were charged with "damaging the economy after their decision to cut Internet and telephone services” during the three-week uprising that ultimately led to Mr. Mubarak’s downfall on February 11.
Mr. Mubarak and his family face a host of charges of corruption and misappropriating public funds. The 82-year-old former president and Mr. Adly are also charged with ordering the shootings of protestors in the uprising.
(Muna Khan, Editor of Al Arabiya, can be reached at muna.khan@mbc.net)
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