Reuters: World News: Mubarak son to move next to jailed ex-Egypt president

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Mubarak son to move next to jailed ex-Egypt president Jun 11th 2012, 13:07 CAIRO | Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:07am EDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prison authority has approved a request to let Hosni Mubarak's eldest son stay close to him in a prison hospital in response to the former president's deteriorating health, the state news agency reported on Monday. Mubarak had requested his son Alaa be moved close to him after the authorities earlier agreed to a similar request by the 84-year-old to have his youngest son Gamal brought next to him, the agency reported. Citing a security source in the Interior Ministry, the report said the latest decision was in response to "a deterioration in his health". Mubarak was jailed for life on June 2 for failing to prevent the killing of protesters who rose up against him, but the acquittal of senior police officers for lack of evidence angered many Egyptians who believe the ex-president may win an appeal. Since Mubarak was moved to Tora prison hospital from a plush military hospital where he was held during the 10-month trial, speculation has been rife about his state of health. Such rumors also frequently recurred as he aged in office. Security sources said last week that Mubarak was given artificial respiration five times in one day and doctors recommended he be moved to a military hospital or back to the medical facility he was in prior to his conviction. He has also reportedly slipped in and out of a coma at times, although prison sources said on Monday he was awake and with his sons. Gamal, once seen as being groomed for the presidency, and Alaa are also being held in Tora prison pending a trial over a case of alleged stock market manipulation. Corruption charges they had faced with their father in his trial were quashed. Mubarak's wife Suzanne and the wives of his two sons also visited the ex-president on Sunday, the state news agency reported, quashing rumors that had briefly swirled suggesting the former president had died. About 200 supporters of Mubarak protested outside Tora prison on Saturday demanding he be moved to a hospital outside prison. (Reporting by Ali Abdelatti and Tamim Elyan; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Myra MacDonald) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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