Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood tycoon to life in jail

CAIRO, 02 May. - (ANA) - An Egyptian court Tuesday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood business tycoon Hassan Malek to life in prison on terrorism charges and for "harming the national economy", a court official said.

He said the state security court handed down the same sentence to his son, Hamza Malek, a large retail chain owner, Abdul Rahman al-Seoudi, and to four others.

Three defendants were sentenced to 10 years in jail and 14 others were acquitted. Tuesday's rulings can be appealed.

Malek was an informal advisor to Egypt's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, and built his fortune through a chain of computer, electronics and furniture stores.  - (ANA) -

AB/ANA/02 May 2019 - - -