Hawass sentenced to one year in prison, stripped of ministry
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Hawass sentenced to one year in prison, stripped of ministry
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Sun, 17/04/2011 - 18:56
Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass has been sentenced to one year of hard labor and a LE1000 fine for failing to fulfill a court ruling over a land dispute. He has also been relieved of his duties as minister.
The sentence was issued by Councilor Abdel Hakim Abdel Hafiz of the Giza Criminal Court.
The plaintiff had filed a lawsuit against Hawass -- prior to his appointment as minister -- in which he accused Hawass of failing to adhere to a court ruling in favor of his opponent over a land dispute when he was in charge of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
Translated from the Arabic Edition
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Strange enough to have Hawass accused of such a trivial thing and ignoring the crimes of smuggling our monuments with Suzan and Farook hosni that we all knew about ages ago and it had been one of the aspects of corruption that Egypt was dumped in .The question is when will this organized gang be brought to justice.