Egypt freezes the assets of leading government critic Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, arrested earlier this month over alleged links to exiled members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the prosecution says.
His February 14 arrest came after he joined a call for a boycott of a presidential election next month that the incumbent, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, is expected to win easily after most rivals were sidelined or withdrew.
Abul Fotouh was detained shortly after arriving from London, where he gave interviews in which he was critical of the Egyptian government.
The public prosecutor’s office says it had decided to “sequester the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood leader (Abul Fotouh) and other people who have been placed on terrorist lists.”
It says an ongoing judicial probe had shown Abul Fotouh’s funds were being “used to carry out terrorist activities.”
— AFP
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