[An Nahar] Egypt's former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is being questioned by military prosecutors on charges of corruption, a military source told Agence La Belle France Presse on Monday.Nazif is accused of seizing state-owned land and squandering public money. It is the first time a member of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
regime faces military Sherlocks.
"Nazif is currently being questioned by military justice," the source said.
The former premier is being investigated along with the former governor of Luxor Samir Farag and businessman Mamduh Qoleib.
The public prosecutors decided to transfer the case to the military prosecutors because Farag is a retired army general, the source said.
In July, Nazif was given a one year suspended sentence for unlawful gains in a business deal worth 92 million Egyptian pounds ($15 million.)