CAIRO: Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing today of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder and corruption trial, official media reported.
State television will charge foreign media between $7,000 and $10,000 to buy the coverage, the official MENA news agency quoted the head the of the state’s Egyptian Radio and Television Union, Tharwat Al-Mekki, as saying.
The first several hearings in the trial, which started in August, were broadcast live, but chief judge Rifaat Said then ordered cameras out before witnesses began to take the stand.
Mubarak and his security chiefs are charged with murder over the killings of protesters during the 18-day revolt that overthrew him on Feb. 11, 2011.
Security officials said 5,000 policemen and 2,000 soldiers will secure today’s session and Mubarak’s transport from a military hospital where he is detained. He will arrive in the academy on board a medical helicopter.
Mubarak, his interior minister Habib Al-Adly and six police commanders face the death penalty if convicted on the murder charges. Some 850 people died in the uprising.
Observers say the verdict may have an impact on a presidential election runoff on June 16-17 between the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi and Mubarak’s last premier Ahmed Shafiq.
Mubarak verdict to be aired live
