Egyptian court sets september 28th as verdict date on Al Fiki trial

Egypt's Cairo Criminal Court set on Monday September 28th as the date of the verdict on former Minister of Information Anas Al-Fiki on charges of providing the Egyptian football league's broadcasting rights to privately-owned channels for free. The court authorized the defense to provide the documents and notes a week before the date of the session. Attorney General''s investigations revealed that the former minister decided, against the law, to exempt privately-owned Egyptian channels from paying the value of the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 football league''s broadcasting rights. They added that this led to wasting $1.8 million the Radio and Television Union's expected profit.