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Leading Brotherhood figures referred on charges of financing 'terrorist' organisation
[Al Ahram] A governmental committee tasked with appraising the monetary assets of the Moslem Brüderbund filed a legal suit to the general prosecutor on Thursday against 737 members of the Brotherhood on charges of financing a terrorist organization. The head of the committee, Ezzat Khamis, told Rooters affiliated Aswat Masriya that he has provided the prosecutor with legal papers showing the involvement of leading members Khairat El-Shater, Mohammed El-Beltagy, Essam El-Erian and the Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie in funding the organization. Prosecutors will investigate the suit according to article 86 of the Egyptian penal code, which defines terrorism and the penalties for engaging in it. The committee met Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehlab on Tuesday to discuss its latest decisions concerning Brotherhood assets. During the meeting, the panel said that it has seized the funds of 737 Brotherhood leaders in addition to placing the management of 1,050 NGOs and some 81 schools believed to be affiliated with the group into a government trusteeship. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-11 |
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