An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced Hosni Mubarak's powerful information minister Anas al-Fiqqi to seven years in prison for corruption and misappropriation of public funds charges.
Former state television chief, Osama el-Sheikh, was sentenced to five years in the same case as al-Fiqqi. The two were found guilty of paying inflated prices for television soap operas.
Al-Fiqqi's conviction is the latest by an Egyptian court of former regime figures. Those already convicted and sentenced include the former interior and tourism ministers, as well as former ruling party stalwart and steel magnate Ahmed Ezz.
Mubarak is himself on trial on charges that he ordered the use of deadly force against protesters in the 18-day uprising that toppled him in February. The former leader is also being questioned over charges that he and his family made huge illegal sums of money during the three decades he spent as Egyptian president.
