The disciplinary board interrogating Talaat Abdallah, former top prosecutor under toppled President Mohamed Morsy, referred the former official to retirement Saturday.
Abdallah and assistant top prosecutor Hassan Yassin were referred to a disciplinary board affiliated with the Supreme Judicial Council, over implanted listening devices in Abdallah's bureau when he was in office.
The disciplinary board decided to keep Yassin in office.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm