Mubarak, Officials Fined for Egypt Phone-Link Cuts, MENA Says
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Egypt’s administrative court imposed fines totaling 540 million Egyptian pounds ($90.7 million) on former officials including President Hosni Mubarak for cutting Internet and mobile-phone lines during an uprising in January, state-run Middle East News Agency said, citing court documents.
Mubarak must pay 200 million pounds, former Interior Minister Habib El-Adli 300 million pounds and former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds to the government to compensate for economic harm caused by the communications disruptions, MENA said, citing the Cairo-based court.