(Reuters) - An
Egyptian court on Tuesday acquitted two top Hosni Mubarak-era officials
of graft charges at a retrial, judicial sources said, a day after a
prominent activist was sentenced to five years in jail. Former Prime Minister
Ahmed Nazif, and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly were both
charged with illegal profiting and squandering public funds. Nazif
and Adly had been sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term, and a
five-year jail term respectively in 2011. They appealed against the
verdict and the High Court ordered the retrial. The
trials of Mubarak-era figures have generally seen them cleared of
charges, while liberal and Islamist activists are getting lengthy
sentences.
Egyptian court acquits top Mubarak era officials on graft charges: sources
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