Ousted president Hosni Mubarak's wife was released on Tuesday after handing over her assets to the Egyptian state, as her husband pledged to do the same in a bid to secure an amnesty. Suzanne Mubarak had been held on corruption charges in a hospital of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, along with her husband, who is also being investigated for allegedly ordering the shooting of anti-regime protesters.
The justice ministry's Illicit Gains Authority, which ordered Mrs Mubarak's detention on Friday, "has decided to release her after she handed over to the state money held in two bank accounts in Egypt, amounting to 24 million pounds," (around $4 million/2.8 million euros), an official statement said. Assem al-Gohari, who heads the illicit gains department, said Mrs Mubarak had agreed to disclose the details of all her accounts, in Egypt and abroad.