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Monday, September 7, 2015
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Monday, September 7, 2015
Egyptian minister arrested in graft probe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt’s agriculture minister was arrested in Cairo on Monday after being told to resign in connection with an investigation into corruption at his ministry, judicial and media sources say.
Salah Halal “resigned on the orders of the president,” a statement from the prime minister’s office says.
He was detained on leaving the premier’s office, a judicial source tells AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“He was arrested as part of an investigation into a major case of corruption in his ministry,” the official MENA news agency reports.
Officials at the ministry are alleged to have taken bribes to help businessmen illegally acquire state land, a prosecution official and media reports say.
— AFP
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