Cairo University President Gaber Nassar said in a news conference on Thursday that the University Council referred 10 professors who were advisors to deposed President Mohamed Morsy to a disciplinary council for allegedly embezzling funds from the university.
“We are preparing a memorandum with our investigations for the public prosecution,” he said, adding that Pakinam al-Sharqawy, Morsy’s political advisor, would not be referred to the public prosecution but would only be referred to a disciplinary board for inciting violence on campus.
Sharqawy is also charged with taking salaries from two different state bodies, which she denied. “I was seconded to the presidency and stopped taking a salary from the university until I returned to it,” she said.
Nassar also said that Professor Seif Abdel Fattah will be referred to the public prosecution for obtaining unearned scientific advantages and not for embezzling funds.
Yet Abdel Fattah said he was not told that he would be referred to any council.
Nassar declined to mention the names of the other professors but said they teach at the faculties of law, medicine, economics and political science.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
