CAIRO – Former President Hosni Mubarak's top security official was convicted
Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in
prison.
The conviction of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was the first against any of the some two dozen Mubarak-era Cabinet ministers and regime-linked businessmen who have been detained since Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster. They include a former prime minister, speakers of parliament's two chambers and Mubarak's two sons, all suspected of corruption.
Al-Adly is separately facing allegations that he had ordered the deadly use of live ammunition against unarmed protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak.
If convicted on that charge, he would face the death penalty.
Mubarak himself and one of his two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal, face the same allegations.
The court also fined al-Adly 15 million Egyptian pounds ($2.5 million) and ordered his assets confiscated. AP
The conviction of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was the first against any of the some two dozen Mubarak-era Cabinet ministers and regime-linked businessmen who have been detained since Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster. They include a former prime minister, speakers of parliament's two chambers and Mubarak's two sons, all suspected of corruption.
Al-Adly is separately facing allegations that he had ordered the deadly use of live ammunition against unarmed protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak.
If convicted on that charge, he would face the death penalty.
Mubarak himself and one of his two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal, face the same allegations.
The court also fined al-Adly 15 million Egyptian pounds ($2.5 million) and ordered his assets confiscated. AP
