The Cairo Criminal Court on Friday released the sons of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak pending investigation over charges of illicit gain.
Alaa and Gamal have been released on a LE2 million bail pending probes carried out by the Justice Ministry’s Illicit Gains Authority. The release came as a response to a challenge against their custody detention over charges of abusing the influence of their father to draw gains exceeding their legal sources of income.
The pair stand trial over other corruption-related charges.
In May, both were sentenced to four years over charges of abusing state budget allocations for building personal properties under the guise of renovating presidential residences.
Edited translation from MENA
