THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of the former president's powerful sons as their role in violence against protesters and corruption allegations are investigated.
The order came just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitalised with heart problems as investigations began over his own role in corruption and suppressing the protests calling for his ouster.
Many of Mr Mubarak's top associates are now being questioned for their activities in the previous regime, but the detention of his sons is by far the most startling development since his Feb. 11 removal from office.
Gamal Mubarak, his younger son, was a top official in the ruling party and was widely seen as being groomed to succeed his father before popular protests brought down the regime.
While the ex-president was in the hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been living since being removed from power, his sons were taken for questioning to the nearby courthouse by prosecutors from Cairo.
An angry crowd of 2,000 people gathered outside and demanded the two be arrested. » | Wednesday, April 13, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt detains former president Hosni Mubarak for 15 days: Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered that former president Hosni Mubarak be detained for 15 days for investigation for corruption and abuse allegations. » | Damien McElroy, in Doha | Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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