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Egypt Prosecutor Orders Probe into Morsi 'Thug' Comment
[An Nahar] Egypt's public prosecutor ordered on Saturday an investigation into allegations that President Mohamed Morsi defamed the powerful intelligence service by saying it hired thugs, a judicial source said.Morsi's office has denied the accusation, initially reported by an Islamist politician Abul Ela Madi who said the president alleged in a conversation that the General Intelligence Service hired several hundred thousand "thugs". "The public prosecutor ordered an investigation into the complaint," a judicial source said. The plaintiff, private lawyer Abdel Rahman al-Luxuri, has in the past filed lawsuits against both the ruling Islamists and their opponents. Luxuri accused Morsi and Madi of "defaming the reputation of the intelligence service," the source said. The public prosecutor, handpicked by Morsi, has ordered several investigations into the Islamist president's opponents. He has the right to turn down complaints but may refer them to prosecution Sherlocks who then decide whether to press charges. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-07 |
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