Egypt sentences senior official to12 years
Thursday 31 January, 2019 - 15:27
31 January 2019
An Egyptian court has sentenced the deputy governor of the country's second-largest city to 12 years in prison on corruption charges.
The Cairo criminal court also sentenced Souad el-Kholy, deputy governor of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, to a one-year suspended sentence for bribery, profiteering and squandering public funds on Wednesday.
The court acquitted five local businessmen in the same case