BREAKING: Egypt's Ahmed Shafiq referred to criminal court for alleged profiteering

Ahram Online , Sunday 30 Sep 2012

Ahmed Shafiq
Former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq (Photo: AP)

Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, who lost Egypt's first democratically-held presidential elections this summer to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, was referred to criminal court on Sunday along with ten aviation ministry officials to face charges of "profiteering and facilitating the [illegal] acquisition of state funds."

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