Egypt court orders corruption probe into Mubarak

‘An Egyptian court ordered on Thursday a renewed corruption probe into ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who has been cleared for release after almost six years in detention, judicial officials said.
The court ruling to reopen the investigation after it had been dropped would not affect a prosecution decision to release Mubarak after his acquittal in another case, the officials said.
Mubarak, 88, remains in a Cairo military hospital.
The new investigation centers around allegations that he, his wife, two sons and their wives received gifts from the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper valued at about $1 million.
An investigative judge had agreed in 2013 to drop the probe after they paid back the amount, but the prosecution appealed.’
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