State security prosecution summons eight AMAY reporters, former editor-in-chief

The state security prosecution summoned on Thursday former Al Masry Al Youm editor-in-chief Mohamed El Sayed Saleh and eight of the newspaper’s reporters over their coverage of the presidential election, Press Syndicate Secretary General Hatem Zakaria told Reuters. The newspaper had gotten into hot water for publishing a story alleging coercing by government officials to bolster turnout during the election. The Supreme Media Council slapped the newspaper with a EGP 150k fine and ordered the syndicate to investigate Saleh following a complaint from the National Elections Authority.