The detention of former agriculture minister Youssef Wali has been extended for another 15 days, pending further investigations and interrogations.
Wali is accused of importing cancer-causing pesticides during his tenure, which some people claim prompted the number of cancer patients in Egypt to soar in the past years.
He is also indicted on a charge of public funds squandering.
Wali is said to have sold a piece of government land to fugitive businessman, Hussein Salem, for LE8 million ($1,355,000), although it is actually estimated to be worth LE208 million ($35,500,000).
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