DUBAI: An Egyptian court order has placed opposition figure Abdel-Moniem Abdul-Fotouh and 15 others on the country's terrorist list for alleged ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, Egypt daily Ahram Online reported on Sunday. 

Strong Egypt Party founder, Abul-Fotouh, was arrested last week and had his assets frozen after his returned from London where he had given interviews critical of the Egyptian government.

The former presidential candidate was described as a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt placed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in December 2013. 

The decision came after state security prosecutors’ investigations showed that Abul-Fotouh and the others “led and joined a group established in violation of the law with the aim of harming the interests of the Egyptian state,” state news agency MENA said, in reference to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Abul-Fotouh, who called last month for a boycott of the upcoming presidential elections, was accused of holding “secret meetings” with leaders of the international Muslim Brotherhood organization in London earlier this month.