AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Al Jazeera
Sunday

27 February 2011

8:30:00 PM
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Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak

Prosecutor also orders financial assets of former president and his family inside country frozen pending investigation.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Egypt's general prosecutor has imposed a travel ban on former president Hosni Mubarak and his family pending further investigations.

The prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmud on Monday also ordered the freezing of all of their financial assets inside the country.

"The decision today is acting on complaints received on wealth accumulated by former president and his family," a statement from the prosecutor's office said. The statement did not elaborate on the complaints.

Judicial officials said the decision applied to the deposed president, his wife Suzanne, his two sons Ala and Gamal, and their wives.

The move follows a previous order for the family's financial assets abroad to be frozen. Mahmud requested that freeze on February 21, while charging foreign minister Ahmed Abuol Gheit with contacting foreign governments and financial institutions to seek the freeze.

Switzerland, which froze Mubarak's assets within hours of his resignation, previously said the former president had "tens of millions of francs" in Swiss financial institutions.

Media reports suggest the former president's wealth may total billions of dollars.The state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported that the Mubarak family had "secret accounts in Egyptian banks," including deposits of $147 million for his wife and $100 million each for his sons.

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