The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced former Interior Minister Habib El Adly and two of his deputies to seven years in prison on corruption charges on Saturday, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The court also decided that the three must return EGP 196 mn they were found guilty of misappropriating. El Adly and nine others were also required to return another EGP 529 mn in illicitly obtained funds. Other former Interior Ministry officials on trial were handed down prison sentences of three or five years. Yesterday’s verdict could be appealed.

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