Egyptian authorities on Monday began interrogating former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi over charges of profiteering through abusing his position, a judicial source said.
The Illicit Gains Authority (IGA) confronted al-Fiqqi with reports written by the Administrative Control Authority and the Public Funds Prosecutions services, as well as his own financial statements.
Al-Fiqqi was brought from Tora prison to the IGA office in a police vehicle amid tight security and dressed in a white custody uniform, the source said.
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on 22 March referred al-Fiqqi to a criminal court in another case, involving former Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, which concerned the squandering of public funds.
Ghali is accused of disbursing LE36 million for al-Fiqqi to fund the parliamentary elections campaign of the formerly-ruling National Democratic Party.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
