Ex-Egyptian tourism minister jailed for corruption
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Egypt’s former tourism minister Zuhair Garranah has been jailed for five years on charges of corruption.
According to reports from the BBC and the AFP news agency, a ‘judical source’ said Garranah had illegally given out tourism licences.
He was sentenced along with two businessmen and was charged with wasting public funds worth over £30 million.
It is reported that he authorised the sale of state-owned land for well below the market price.
A number of ex Egyptian ministers and officials have been jailed, or are being investigated, following the political unrest that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak in February.
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