Egypt ex-PM to face trial for corruption: judicial source

Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Nazif and the former ministers of interior and finance are to face trial on charges of corruption. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

CAIRO - FORMER Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Nazif and the former ministers of interior and finance are to face trial on charges of corruption, a judicial source told AFP on Sunday.

'The former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and former finance minister Yussef Boutros-Ghali will face trial, charged with misusing public funds and unlawful gains valued at 92 million Egyptian pounds,' (S$19 million), the source said. 

-- AFP