Egypt's Former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly has been sentenced to twelve years in jail on charges of corruption and profiteering.In the first trial of officials from the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
, Egypt's criminal court on Thursday convicted and tossed in the clink al-Adly for 12 years, AFP reported.
The former minister now faces a second trial on charges of ordering police to open fire on demonstrators.
Egyptian Judicial sources say the assets of several former officials and ministers have been frozen over corruption and abuse of power.
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak is facing charges of using violence against protesters and corruption. His family is being charged with corruption, as well.
In April, an Egyptian court dissolved the former ruling National Democratic Party of ousted Mubarak and froze its assets.
Egyptian activists say Mubarak must be tried for killing hundreds of protesters during the country's popular uprising that led to his ouster on February 11.
An Egyptian government's fact-finding commission report states that 846 people have been killed and more than 6,400 others injured during Egypt's historic revolution.