Egypt’s Public Prosecutor Asks for Freezing of Mubarak’s Assets

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt’s public prosecutor asked the country’s foreign minister to request freezing the assets of former President Hosni Mubarak and his family abroad.

The request includes Mubarak’s wife, two sons and their wives, the Cairo-based office of the public prosecutor said in a statement today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mariam Fam in Cairo at [email protected]

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mahmoud Kassem at [email protected]