A court has sentenced Egypt’s former oil minister and a fugitive businessman who was close to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for 15 years after convicting them of corruption in a case involving natural gas exports to Israel.
Former oil minister Sameh Fahmy and businessman Hussein Salem were convicted of harming the country’s interests by exporting natural gas to Israel at prices below world market levels. Salem is on the run and was tried in absentia.
Thursday’s sentencing is the latest in a series of cases against former regime figures following Mubarak’s ouster on February 11, 2011.
Mubarak was acquitted of a similar charge but was later sentenced to life in prison for failing to prevent protesters’ killings during the uprising.
Egypt and Israel are bound by a 1979 peace treaty.
Egypt's former oil minister jailed for 15 years for corruption.Why can not we send 15 corrupt
ministers to Tihar Jail after summary trials.Singapore arrested 142 corrupt ministers &
officials in one day & sent them to jail.CORRUPTION VANISHED.Strongest possible anti
corruption law badly needed to deal with these scoundrels & anti nationals elements who
have robbed this country.
Atleast Indian corrupt ministers should be dismissed if not jailed.Our govt is most corrupt &
therefore reluctant to enforce strict anti corruption law.They know that all corrupt
ministers,politicians & officials will be behind bars.Nation should compel the govt to do the
same as was done in Singapore jailing 142 corrupt ministers & officials in one
day.CORRUPTION VANISHED.
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