The Cairo Criminal Court ruled on Tuesday to postpone the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his associates to 4 June in order to hear the defense of Osama al-Marasy, the former Giza security director.
The trial, held at the Police Academy, includes Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his top aides, and fugitive businessman Hussein Salem.
The court had heard the defense of Omar Faramawy, the former security director of the Sixth of October City.
Mubarak, Adly and his six aides are charged with incitement, agreement and assistance to the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January revolution, causing chaos in the country and creating a security vacuum.
He, his sons and Hussein Salem are charged with financial corruption, abuse of power for profiteering, squandering public funds and exporting gas to Israel at prices cheaper than global levels.
Adly’s aides are Ahmed Ramzy, former chief of the Central Security Forces, Adly Fayed, former head of General Security, Hassan Abdel Rahman, former head of the State Security Investigation Bureau, Ismail al-Shaer, former Cairo security director, Osama al-Marasy, former Giza security director, and Omar Faramawy, former security director of the Sixth of October City.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
