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Egypt bars Mubarak from leaving, freezes assets
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 03 - 2011

CAIRO: Egypt on Monday slapped a ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family traveling abroad, and also imposed a freeze on their assets, judicial officials said.
Besides Mubarak, who resigned on Feb. 11 following weeks of protests, the decision also applied for his wife Suzanne, his two sons Ala and Gamal, and their wives, according to the same source.
Airport officials say authorities prevented Suzanne and Gamal from flying out of Sharm El-Sheikh hours before authorities banned the Mubarak family from traveling abroad.
Authorities told them they cannot leave without special permission.
On Feb. 21, Egypt's Prosecutor General Abdel Magid Mahmud requested a freeze on the foreign assets of the former president and his family.
The prosecutor charged Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit with contacting foreign countries to seek the assets freeze.
A judicial official said at the time that the prosecutor's office had received several complaints regarding Mubarak's wealth being outside the country, “which necessitates an investigation”.
The state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported that the Mubarak family had “secret accounts in Egyptian banks,” including deposits of $147 million for his wife Suzanne and $100 million each for his sons.
Referendum
Egypt's military leaders will hold a referendum on constitutional change on March 19, a parliamentary election in June and a presidential poll six weeks later, an activist of the Coalition of Revolutionary Youth said Monday after meeting them.
Zyad El-Elaily said he had met three members of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Sunday.
“The council told us the referendum on constitutional amendments would take place on March 19 and the People's Assembly election would be held in June,” Elaily said. “Presidential elections would be held a month-and-a


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