Cairo — Egypt's public prosecutor decided on Tuesday to release Ibrahim Hatab, a wheat silo owner, on a bail of 500,000 EGP, pending investigation into his involvement in a wheat corruption case.
According to a statement by the public prosecution, Hatab was released after he paid EGP 86.8 million, which represents the amount that preliminary investigations stated he had unlawfully obtained.
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