May 4, 2011
By Nima Elbagir and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy,
CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Egypt's former president is accused of ordering protesters shot
- The crime carries the death penalty, and courts will not hesitate to use it, Egypt's justice minister says
- Hosni Mubarak is in good health, the minister says
- Mubarak was forced from office by protesters after more than 30 years in power
Cairo (CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be executed if he is convicted of ordering the killing of protesters, Egypt's justice minister says.
"One of the charges he is facing is complicity in the killing of martyrs and issuing the orders for premeditated the killing of those people," said Justice Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz al-Juindy. "This is a charge with a harsh punishment -- the death penalty."
In his first television interview since taking office, the new justice minister said last week that Egyptian courts would not shy away from sentencing Mubarak to death if he is found guilty.
"If the crime is proven, then the court will not hesitate to issue the death sentence," he said.
"A judge may have mercy if there is a reason for that, but I don't think in this case there is any argument for clemency whatsoever," the minister added, calling it "a horrible crime, to kill 800 citizens who were asking for their rights and hoping to topple a corrupt regime that caused the ruin of Egypt."
Mubarak resigned in the face of popular protests in February after more than 30 years in power.
He has been in poor health and living in the southern Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh since then. Prosecutors last month shelved plans to move him to a military hospital in Cairo, saying Mubarak's doctors said the transfer could be life-threatening.
Adel Saeed, the prosecutor's spokesman, said April 26 that the Interior Ministry made the decision after Mubarak's medical team submitted a report that determined he would be at risk if he were moved.
But Justice Minister al-Juindy said Mubarak's health was "good," according to reports he had received.
Mubarak "suffers some heart irregularities known as atrial fibrillation, but his pulse and pressure are fine. His heart rate is 65 per minute, which is considered like an athlete," the official said.
"Of course he's facing questioning for the first time in his life, so this is affecting him psychologically," the minister added.
He will be required to appear in court when the time comes, al-Juindy said.
"His appearance in court will be mandatory," he said.
If Mubarak is too sick to appear, "in this case, the prosecutor visits him, and this is a procedure we follow with any sick suspect. The suspect must be given a chance to put forward his defense, so that the trial can be fair."
He is also being probed on allegations of corruption and misuse of state funds.
"There are reports that the former president's wealth is in the billions, and indeed it is billions," the justice minister asserted.
So far "we can't ascertain the exact amount, but the investigation is underway," he said.
Mubarak's trial will show that the rule of law is supreme in the country, al-Juindy said.
"The law is respected in Egypt and is applied on everyone without any exception," he said. "This is very important because Egypt now has become a country were the law is sovereign."
8 comments:
Hello KI,
You forget that Egypt does not have Yuon behind like Hun Den does. Only a fool would think that Yuon will let Hun Sen out of their sight.
Yuon is a biggest problem for Cambodia and Khmer people.
Good news for Khmer people....all khmers must rise up and if ah youn/sen kill you, then the world will be behind you/khmer. the only reason makes ah youn/sen scare is khmer rising up against them....
Khmer PP
Hun Sen is untouchable man;
I agree with 10:45AM.
Without Vietnam govt supporting,
Khmer people can kick him out of
power any days and any times.
Vietnam govt involved with Cambodia
business.
We lost Khmer Krom in 1949.
We lost Khmer Kandal in 1979.
What's a greedy race!
11:01 AM
This is a weak point that ah youn always says" so mien noi day...chong vietnam, so afraid khmers rise up against youn".
The world has five communist states:
China,North Korea,Vietnam,Lao,and Cuba.
The dictatorships have ten countries:
*Kim Jong Il North Korea,*Than Shwe
Burma,*Hu Jintao China,*Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe,*Grown Prince Abdullah Saudi
Arabia,*Teodoro Obiang NguemaEquatorial Guinea,*Omar Al-BashirSudan,*Saparmurat Niyazov
Turmenstan,*Fidel Castro Cuba,*King Mswati III.
The monarchies have 25 kingdoms.
The rest of states and kingdoms are
free world.
A monarchy,Cambodia,looks like
communist state; and prime minister
Hun Sen is a dictator.
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
The Kor Tral we must ask Sihanouk, not Hun Sen, we don't know what Sihanouk dealed with Vietcong at that time and now he work with Vietcong again. AQll problem with Vietnam, Gen. had all eliminated but Khmer have the king who don't serve Khmer interrest that is the problem for Khmer nation.
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