An Egyptian court fined the officials, government Hosni Mubarak with U.S. $ 90.6 million because of restrictions on communications during the revolutionary process in January last. This was said by the Public Prosecutor Saeed Adel, as quoted by Yahoo pages.The court said that Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib El Adly and former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had to pay fines from their personal accounts to the state treasury. Based on these trial results, Mubarak must pay 33.6 million dollars, El Adly 50.3 million dollars, and Nazif 6.7 million dollars.
Three were charged with causing huge losses to the national economy on the phone and the internet industry by cutting service.
This is the first court decisions that are made to Mubarak since he was overthrown on February 11, 2011. Mubarak faced more serious charges including having ordered troops to kill the demonstrators. Allegations can be dragged on the death penalty.
At least 800 people died during 18 days in the overthrow Mubarak, and more than 6 thousand people injured by live ammunition, rubber bullets, water cannon and batons.
Telecommunications operator Vodafone has said that the revolutionary process them and other cars telecom operators have no choice but to obey the authorities to suspend service in certain areas of the country during the peak of anti-government demonstrations.
In February, Vodafone was also accused the government of using the network to send text messages to a pro-government customers.
Mubarak, who was detained in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for killing of demonstrators.
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