Egypt's once widely feared interior minister, Habib al-Adly, is to appear before a criminal court on March 5, accused of money laundering, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday.
Adly would be the first of toppled president Hosni Mubarak's regime to face trial.
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He was arrested on February 17, along with tourism minister Zoheir Garranah and steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of Mubarak's National Democratic Party.
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