Mubarak's wife to be released on bail

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Illicit Gain Authority: Mubarak's wife to be released on bail



Suzan Mubarak to be released on bail


-Assistant of Minister of Justice Essam al-Gohary said Illicit Gain Authority has ordered The wife of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne's release after she has ceded her assets.


AFP quoted a judicial source who said Suzanne will be released on bail "shortly" after handing over her assets to the state, on Tuesday.

"The case into the illegal acquisition of wealth is still ongoing, however the wife of the former president does not need to be in detention because she relinquished her assets to the state, which were valued at some 24 million Egyptian pounds ($4 million), She will be released on bail shortly," the source said.

It was not immediately clear how much bail was set for.

The former first lady was ordered detained on Friday after a three hour interrogation by the Illicit Gains Authority, which accused her of abusing her position to acquire wealth illegally.

On Monday, Mrs. Mubarak gave three powers of attorney to Assem al-Gohari, the head of the illicit gains department, authorising him to withdraw the cash from accounts in two banks and to sell a luxury villa she owns in Cairo.

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