'Mubarak to be questioned on corruption charges'

By JPOST.COM STAFF AND REUTERS 
03/03/2011 20:28

Sources close to Egypt's Prosecutor General say ousted president enjoys no immunity and would be sent to prison if convicted.

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will be brought to Cairo next week for questioning in connection with a number of corruption charges, Ahram Online quoted sources close to Egypt's Prosecutor General as saying on Thursday.

The source stated that Mubarak enjoys no immunity and may well be made to stand trial for the charges.

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He added that Mubarak would be sent to prison if convicted.

Egyptian state television on Thursday denied earlier reports that Mubarak and his family had left Egypt for Saudi Arabia.

A state-owned Egyptian newspaper said on Wednesday that Mubarak was in Tabuk, in Saudi Arabia, receiving chemotherapy for one hour every five days for colon and pancreatic cancer.

It reported his family was with him in the private wing of the military hospital.

Egypt's Channel One quoted the public prosecutor as saying "There is no truth to published reports on the presence of Mubarak and his family out of Egypt."

Since he stepped down following a wave of anti-government protests, Egyptian officials have said Mubarak was in the Red Sea resort of Sharm e-Sheikh.