The son of Egypt’s former president claimed that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising.
FILE - Gamal Mubarak sits behind bars at the second session of his trial on charges of insider trading in Cairo Criminal Court in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 8, 2012. Mubarak, the son of Egypt's former president said Tuesday, May 17, 2022, that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising.
In a video statement released online, Gamal Mubarak, the son of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, said that recent court decisions in the European Union and elsewhere demonstrate their innocence, but did not explain how the family had amassed its significant wealth. The 2011 protests were built on calls for an end to deep-rooted embezzlement and government corruption in Egypt, and growing concerns that Gamal Mubarak would be set up to succeed his father, who was in power for nearly 30 years. The international anti-corruption group Transparency International has estimated that as president, Mubarak stole some $70 billion in public funds. The former president died in 2020, aged 91.
Transparency International condemned the move, saying it would show corrupt leaders around the world that they can act with impunity.
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