Mubarak at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. For the last year it was hit by rumours of health, especially after he underwent a surgery of the gallbladder in Germany in March 2010. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press / January 28, 2010)President of the former Egyptian Hosni Mubarak was hospitalized in the Red Sea resort after suffering heart problems during questioning by prosecutors on allegations of corruption and abuse of power arising from its nearly 30 year rulethe News reported State media."Hosni Mubarak went into intensive care in hospital International Sharm el Sheik, with heart problems," said the official news agency MENA. The authorities said that Mubarak was accompanied by his sons, Alaa and Gamal, who were also questioned by prosecutors.
The news agency quoting a hospital Manager, reported that the deposed President State is stabilized and that it "may be questioned." State TV said that Mubarak has refused to eat or drink Tuesday morning after being informed that he and his son could be questioned.
Mubarak, 82, ill for more than a year. Media status indicated, however, that the visit to the hospital may have been a ploy to escape his legal problems. The former leader and his son were summoned by the Attorney General of the Egypt for questioning on charges of illicit gains and violence against the protesters in an uprising which began on 25 January and led to the resignation of Mubarak on 11 February.
Mubarak was admitted to the hospital "with the pretext of illness to avoid appearing before the authorities of the interrogation", the journal of State Al Ahram reported. He and his son Gamal, an official of the former ruling party, have been accused by political opponents of enriching themselves through private connections and the Government.
In a speech to the nation broadcast Sunday by Al Arabiya, the elder Mubarak denied that he had bank accounts or property outside the Egypt. New reports on investigations of the family of Mubarak reports have fascinated and angry of a country trying to move beyond its repressive mandate.
Since his eviction and a resumption of Government by a military Council, Mubarak live in his palace private in Sharm el-Sheikh. The Attorney General has frozen its financial assets and forbidden members of his family to leave the country.
Concerns regarding the health of Mubarak has increased after he underwent gall bladder surgery and had a growth removed from his intestine in a German hospital, a year ago.
Jeffrey.Fleishman@LAtimes.com
Hassan is a news assistant in the Office of the Cairo of The Times.
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