State bodies did not cooperate with prosecutors during investigations into criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, prosecutors in the case said Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry and the General Intelligence Service, formerly headed by Mubarak regime figure Omar Suleiman, were identified by the prosecution as having refused to cooperate with investigations.
Mubarak faces a number of charges related to corruption and the killing of protesters during last January's uprising. This session ended late Wednesday afternoon and will resume Thursday.
Chief prosecutor Mostafa Suleiman took the stage as the trial reconvened on Tuesday. He accused Mubarak of tyranny and corruption, and said the former president devoted the last ten years of his three decades in power to ensuring that his son would succeed him.
He also said evidence provided by forensic doctors proves that the killing of protesters in Tahrir Square and other locations was systematic.
The prosecutors also screened video evidence that showed killing of the peaceful protesters. The footage was contrasted with video supplied and screened in court last September by Egypt's General Intelligence Service. The footage was expected to provide further evidence for the prosecution's case against Mubarak. But the six videos provided by the intelligence agency only showed fuzzy scenes of protesters and other footage not connected to the revolution.
Footage in September from 1 to 3 Feburary showed people in civilian clothing on the roofs of buildings, with no police officers in view. Other videos showed scenes from Tahrir and Abdel Moneim Riyad squares.
On Wednesday, Mubarak arrived late at the court, which is housed at the Police Academy. His sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of Adly's assistants arrived before him. Defendants face various charges of killing protesters and misappropriating public funds.
Security and military forces worked to secure the trial and keep Mubarak supporters apart from the families of the martyrs, who had started gathering at the Police Academy since early in the morning.
