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Former Menoufia governor Hesham Abdel Baset was sentenced to 10 years in prison and handed a EGP 58 mn fine for laundering EGP 28 mn, according to Egypt Today<\/a>. The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) also separately arrested two officials at an unnamed construction company for allegedly accepting EGP 800 mn in bribes, according to Ahram Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Menoufia governor Hesham Abdel Baset was sentenced to 10 years in prison and handed a EGP 58 mn fine for laundering EGP 28 mn, according to Egypt Today. 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