The lawyer of Egypt's former chief auditor says his family has paid
his bail, securing his release ahead of his trial next week on charges
of "spreading false news."
Taha Ali said on Friday that his
client, Hesham Genena, had spent the night in a police station after
refusing to pay bail. He says that Genena's daughter collapsed with
grief, prompting the family to pay on his behalf.
Hesham Genena
was charged with spreading false news after a newspaper in December
quoted him as saying government corruption cost the country 600 billion
Egyptian pounds (about $67.6bn) in 2015.
Genena says he was misquoted
and the figure covered four years. Genena will stand trial on 7 June, three months after he was dismissed as head of the country's corruption watchdog.
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