06:15 PM
Monday 27 June 2022
Books – Ahmed Adel:
SM, the son of Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health, fell into a fit of tears following seeing his father, MA, in the dock, following the start of his father’s trial and others in the “health bribery” case.
The Public Prosecutor, Counselor Hamada Al-Sawy, had referred the four defendants to the criminal trial, because the first accused requested an amount of 5 million pounds, from which he took 600,000 pounds, as a bribe from the owners of a private hospital, mediated by other defendants, in exchange for using his influence to obtain from officials of the Ministry of Health on Decisions and benefits related to the non-implementation of the decision to close the hospital for its management without a license, and the preparation of a forged report that proves – contrary to the truth – the absence of any violations in it, and the fourth accused was charged with committing that forgery.
The case papers included evidence derived from the statements of 13 witnesses, including the two owners of the hospital, who informed the Administrative Control Authority of the bribery incident upon its request, and took the bribe with the permission of the Public Prosecution until his arrest was complete.
The evidence in the case also included the statements of the two defendants who mediated the bribery, examining the accused’s seized mobile phones and the correspondence that confirmed the commission of the incident, as well as the Public Prosecution’s review of all examination reports of the hospital, both valid and forged, and bank documents proving the fact that the case was submitted. The amount of the bribe, in addition to what was confirmed by the Public Prosecution’s witnessing and listening to the meeting and conversations that were authorized to be recorded.
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