Tuesday 04/November/2025 – 07:13 AM
Today, Tuesday, the Alexandria Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Abdel Hay Abdullah Bagoush, President of the Court, and with the membership of Counselor Ayman Abdullah Abu Ghazaleh and Counselor Mohamed Saeed Abdel Hamid, is hearing the second session of H.Z.A.’s trial. The head of the Sharq district, accused of receiving a bribe during his presidency of the Mahalla al-Kubra City Council, was sentenced to life imprisonment in his absence, after the first session was postponed due to the inability of the accused to attend.
Details of the accusation of the head of the Sharq district of receiving a bribe
The investigation papers in the case registered as No. 1329 of 2025 Felony of the Bab Sharqi Police Department revealed the accusation of the head of the East Alexandria district and a second accused, a businessman named “M.
During the investigations, the district president denied the accusations against him, stressing that he had obtained the money through the bank and that it was a loan, not a bribe.
While the second accused explained during the investigations that he was depositing money into the account of the district president’s wife from various accounts, as a bribe, and he was speaking to the bank branch manager or the treasury manager in order to deposit the amount to be deposited into the account of “Amira A. Al,” the wife of the first accused, with the knowledge of a person present in the bank with a photo of his card.
He pointed out that this happens so that no one can know that the city council’s implementation contractor has transferred sums to the wife of the city council president.
When the second accused was asked about a transcript of a call between him and the Director of Export Development, Tanta Branch, about the existence of a deposit from a woman named “Asmaa” on the account of the first accused’s wife.
He confirmed that the deposit was being made in the name of unknown persons who happened to be in the bank and that the person called “Asmaa” could be an employee of the bank or who happened to be there but he did not know her.
