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Egypt's Mubarak Hospitalized Amid Growing Corruption Probe

   VOA News  April 12, 2011
   Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (file photo)

Photo: AP

   Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (file photo)

   Egyptian state television says former President Hosni Mubarak has been
   hospitalized for heart problems.
   The 82-year-old former leader was taken to a medical facility in the
   Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday, the same day that
   prosecutors planned to question him in a corruption probe.
   The Associated Press says pro-democracy activists demonstrated outside
   of the hospital.
   Mr. Mubarak was expected to face legal questioning over corruption
   allegations. Western news organizations quote judicial sources who say
   his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, are being questioned by authorities
   Tuesday.
   On Sunday, the country's public prosecutor summoned Mr. Mubarak
   concerning a probe into the alleged embezzlement of public funds and
   the killing of anti-government protesters.
   The ousted president has said the allegations against him are
   unfounded, and that he has the right to defend his reputation and that
   of his family. His remarks were broadcast Sunday by the Al-Arabiya news
   channel. They were his first public remarks since mass protests forced
   his departure in February.
   During the later years of his rule, he had been suffering health
   problems and had undergone gallbladder surgery and treatment in
   Germany.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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