Former Helwan Governor Hazem El Qowaidi was sentenced to five years in prison and fined EGP 50,000 yesterday on charges of bribery, Al Shorouk reports. He was arrested last year on allegations that he received a Mercedes-Benz in exchange for illegally transferring ownership of a government-owned land plot in Maadi to a private company. In related news, the Cairo Misdemeanor Court renewed the detention of Menoufia Governor Hisham Abdel Basset for 45 days pending investigation into charges of corruption and graft, the newspaper adds.

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