Egypt’s former top auditor Hesham Genena is officially now a semi-free man after fully completing his five-year sentence in prison for spreading false news about the Egyptian armed forces and the country in 2018.
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| Hesham Genena outside his house Tuesday evening in New Cairo by his daughter Shorouk Genena |
Why is he a semi-free man!? Well, after leaving prison on Tuesday, he was detained shortly by the State security prosecution for another case and then he was released pending the investigation in the case that goes back to 2018.
It is another chapter
in his saga that started several years ago.
Genena is currently
accused of spreading false news and being a member of an illegal group in State
security case No.441 of 2018.
State security case
No.441 of 2018 was a large case then where a number of media and social media figures
including known liberal and atheist figures were
accused of spreading false news and being members of the Muslim Brotherhood
including blogger Wael Abbas who is known to be anti-MB even before 2011.
Most of those who have been arrested and were not affiliated
with the MB, in that case, have been released pending investigation including journalist Moataz
Wadnan who conducted the interview with Genena in the year 2021.
I think that those who
hoped that Genena would play a political role after coming out of prison should
not keep their hopes high. Needless to say, his statements about corruption in
the state are still making rounds, especially in times of economic crisis.
But one thing is for sure
the Hesham Genena saga is not over, it always has twists and surprises.
Anyhow, I think that the man needs to take some time off to spend with his family.
Nice post thank you Mike
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