- February 5, 2007
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Jail of 5 MB Leaders, Businessmen prolonged
The Cairo-based Higher State Security Prosecution prolonged on Sunday Feb, 4, 2007, the detention of five Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders, and some well-known businessmen for 15 days pending trial.
The MB leaders who whose detention was prolonged are:
1- Dr. Mohamed Hafez, owner of Al Hayat pharmaceutical company.
2- Ahmed Asharaf, CEO of the Islamic Co. for Publishing and Distribution.
3- Hassan Malek, owner of several successful businesses.
4- Dr. Mohamed Baligh– a conjunctivitis professor at Al-Azhar University.
5- Ahmed Shosha, owner of a construction company.
They were detained last December after Al-Azhar University incidents and a sportive parade performed by MB students, which was taken by the regime as a pretext for launching a crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood and arresting MB businessmen, and freezing their assets.