Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne were questioned on Thursday over alleged illegal acquisition of wealth, the investigator's office told AFP. "A team of investigators from the illicit gains department headed by Khaled Selim is currently questioning the former president and his wife" in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, it said.
It was the first time the Mubaraks have been questioned by this branch of the justice ministry, which is looking into "charges that they used their position to acquire wealth illegally," the office said. Mubarak, who is in custody in a Sharm el-Sheikh hospital on grounds of ill health, has already been interrogated by the state prosecutor's office over several charges including ordering the shooting of anti-regime protesters.
His 30-year grip on power was brought to an end on February 11 following mass nation-wide protests that called for his resignation and for political and economic reforms. Mubarak 83, was hospitalised on April 12 after suffering a heart attack, and detained a day later. His detention was extended twice most recently on Tuesday.
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