Mubarak, Former Officials Fined $90.6M for Cutting Off Mobile & Internet During Jan. Protests

Hissyspit

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Sat May-28-11 07:00 AM
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Mubarak, Former Officials Fined $90.6M for Cutting Off Mobile & Internet During Jan. Protests

Source: Al Jazeera

An Egyptian court has fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 million Egyptian pounds ($90.64 million) for cutting off mobile and internet services during January protests, a court source said.

The administrative court fined Mubarak 200 million pounds, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif 40 million pounds, and former interior minister Habib al-Adly 300 million pounds for their damage to the national economy, the source said.

This was the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on Feb. 11. Mubarak faces more serious charges, including ordering the killing of protestors, a charge which could carry the death penalty.

Read more: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/egypt-may-28-2011-1337

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EFerrari

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Sat May-28-11 07:25 AM
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1. Okay, now I'm just flat out jealous of the Egyptians.

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Turbineguy

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Sat May-28-11 08:46 AM
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2. For Mubarek that's

hip pocket money.

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canuckledragger

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Sat May-28-11 10:06 AM
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3. let's hope some US officials take notice of this..

..in regards to the 'emergency internet off switch' in the works.

it's a threat, will never be used in a real emergency, just manufactured ones if built

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aquart

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Sat May-28-11 03:58 PM
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4. Oh, I do like the way they are going about this.

Perhaps they could offer seminars here?

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