MB Deputy Chief, 139 Members Jailed 15 Days Pending Trial

The Higher State Security Prosecution jailed 140 Muslim Brotherhood members, topped by Engineer, Mohamed Khairat Al Shater, the MB second deputy chairman, and 30 leaders, 15 days pending investigation that it conducts in Al-Tagamu’ Al-Khamis, Cairo.

Engineer Al Shater refused to answer the questions of the prosecution’s investigation- that continued from 10.00 PM on Thursday till 7.00 AM on Friday- challenging the legitimacy of investigating with him.

The MB deputy chairman confirmed- before refusing to answer the questions- that the case he is accused of is politically motivated and aims at distorting the group’s image and its national role, adding that the confiscated money- up to 40 thousand Egyptian pounds, 20 thousand dollars and some foreign currencies estimated up to hundreds of Egyptian pounds- is related to economic projects that he runs.
Also, 109 detained students from Al-Azhar University refused to appear, on Friday 15/12/2006, before the same prosecution; then, it ordered jailing them for 15 days pending investigation.
It is worth noting that their defense panel- headed by the MB lawyer Abdul-Monem Abdul Maqsoud- withdrew after the MB students refused to appear before the Higher State Security Prosecution.