17 November 2008
A media blackout was imposed yesterday on the trial of an Egyptian tycoon accused of ordering the brutal slaying of the Lebanese pop singer who jilted him.
Mohammadi Qunsua, presiding in the Cairo court, decided to "forbid media to publish (any item) related to the trial or to report details of the hearings", according to a court official who asked not to be named.
Media can only report court decisions such as adjournment of hearings or the verdict, she said.
Hisham Talaat Mustafa, a stalwart of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, allegedly paid retired policeman Mohsen al-Sukkari two million dollars to kill Suzanne Tamim, 30, whose throat was cut in a luxury Dubai apartment in July.
A media blackout was imposed yesterday on the trial of an Egyptian tycoon accused of ordering the brutal slaying of the Lebanese pop singer who jilted him.
Mohammadi Qunsua, presiding in the Cairo court, decided to "forbid media to publish (any item) related to the trial or to report details of the hearings", according to a court official who asked not to be named.
Media can only report court decisions such as adjournment of hearings or the verdict, she said.
Hisham Talaat Mustafa, a stalwart of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, allegedly paid retired policeman Mohsen al-Sukkari two million dollars to kill Suzanne Tamim, 30, whose throat was cut in a luxury Dubai apartment in July.
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