{"id":559858,"date":"2021-02-07T03:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T03:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/07\/juhayna-ceo-seif-thabet-arrested\/"},"modified":"2021-02-07T03:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T03:57:30","slug":"juhayna-ceo-seif-thabet-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/07\/juhayna-ceo-seif-thabet-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Juhayna CEO Seif Thabet arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Juhayna CEO Seif Thabet has been detained for 15 days<\/strong> pending investigation on the orders of the prosecutor general, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aEENGd\">Masrawy<\/a> reports, citing unnamed sources in the know. Seif is being questioned in the same case brought against his father, Safwan Thabet, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/692e0dbb-bdc8-40ba-9fba-fb2926de93e9\">late last year<\/a>, on allegations of \u201cfinancing terrorism and supporting terrorist groups.\u201d Seif had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2c7261d4-b2fe-464d-aea0-044e330c68b1\">taken over as managing director<\/a> at the company following Safwan\u2019s arrest in December. An alleged affiliation with the Ikhwan had seen Safwan placed on a terror watchlist in 2017, in addition to his assets being frozen. 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