05.02.2011                     01.Adar l, 5771

Ägypten:

Egypt bans ex-officials from leaving country, freezes bank accounts

Egyptian Attorney General takes measures against several senior businessmen and political figures amid massive protests charging the government with corruption.

Former Egyptian minister of trade and industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid is banned from leaving the country, the attorney-general announced Friday as hundreds of thousands of citizens continued to take to the streets demonstrating their demand for the immediate departure of President Hosni Mubarak.
Rashid, a businessman who served as minister until last week, also had his bank accounts frozen. When in office, he was largely responsible for public-private partnerships, internal commerce and international trade agreements….