Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won’t be moved to a military hospital in Cairo because his health has deteriorated and transferring him may be life threatening, the country’s prosecutor-general said Tuesday.
Adel Saeed, the prosecutor’s spokesman, said the Interior Ministry, which is organizing the move, made the decision after Mubarak’s medical team submitted a report that determined he would be at risk if he were transferred.
Mubarak has been under detention at a hospital in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, and Egyptian authorities ordered that he will be transferred to Tora Prison hospital.
Authorities are investigating Mubarak in the deaths of hundreds of activists during the recent uprising in Egypt. He is also being probed on allegations of corruption and misuse of state funds.
The former leader has been living in Sharm el-Sheikh since the unrest forced him out of office on February 11. He entered the hospital because of health problems including heart palpitations and blood pressure issues.
A team of prosecutors questioned Mubarak on Friday about the deaths of the protesters, the prosecutor-general’s office said. Mubarak was also questioned about the negotiation of a gas deal with Israel at prices that were allegedly below international standards.
The prosecutor-general’s office said that amounted to a waste of public funds.
Mubarak’s two sons, Ala and Gamal, are in custody in Cairo, and the prosecutor’s office has decided to renew their detentions for another 15 days.
They are being probed for their roles in settling payments of Egypt’s debts, commissions for exports of gas to Israel, intervention in issues related to mandatory partnerships in some foreign businesses operating in Egypt, involvement in issues related to privatization of businesses and evaluation and sale of stocks of these companies, the prosecutor said.