Morsi espionage trial delayed till Wednesday

The Cairo Criminal Court decided to postpone until Wednesday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 10 other defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood over espionage charges.

The defendants face charges of leaking some classified information to the Qatari Intelligence and the Doha-based Aljazeera TV news channel about the national security and the Armed Forces with the aim of harming Egypt's army and national interests.

The court decision was taken to complete reviewing exhibits.

Among the defendants are the former head of Morsi's office, Ahmed Abdel Aatti, and secretary Ameen al Serafi, along with figures from Aljazeera news network and the Muslim Brotherhood's Misr 25 satellite channel.

The classified documents included information on military positions and armament, as well as additional information on the country's general policies.

These documents were sent from the general and military intelligence, the Armed Forces, the Interior Ministry's National Security and Administrative Monitoring Authority to the presidential institution.