CAIRO: Egypt’s public prosecutor is considering moving ousted president Hosni Mubarak to jail or to a prison hospital pending health checks, his office said in a statement Thursday.
Abdel Magid Mahmoud has ordered a medical team to head to Sharm El-Sheikh where Mubarak is under arrest in hospital to "establish his latest health condition and the possibility of having him transferred to Tora Prison or to the prison hospital," his office said.
The prosecutor has also ordered that preparations be made at the hospital in Tora prison, in Cairo’s south.
The medical team will head to Tora prison hospital "to evaluate the facilities and equipment and make the necessary preparations to have former president Hosni Mubarak moved there based on his medical condition," it said.
Mubarak is being held in connection with violence against protesters during 18 days of anti-regime rallies that ended his 30-year grip on power. He is also being questioned on corruption charges.
His two sons, Alaa and Gamal and several of Mubarak’s ministers and senior aides, are also being held in Tora prison on various charges as part of a sweeping probe into corruption and abuse.
