Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose trial is scheduled to begin in August for the killing of protesters and illegal enrichment, a stomach cancer, his lawyer Farid al-Dib.
" He has a stomach cancer and tumors are increasing , "he said.
Persistent rumors circulating about this but this is the first formal confirmation that Mr. Mubarak is suffering from cancer.
Age 83, former head of state hospitalized since April 13 after a heart attack during interrogation, had been in a March 2010 removal of the gallbladder and removal of a polyp of the duodenum in a clinic Heidelberg, Germany.
" It should have been followed after that but it did not happen , "said al-Dib.
The Egyptian Prosecutor General, who had requested the transfer of the former president in prison, announced in late May that his health did not allow it.
The Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud had commissioned a team of doctors to examine the ex-president to establish if he could leave the hospital international Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital.
These doctors had said that Mr. Mubarak was weak, depressed and at risk of heart attack.
"Very unhealthy"
They also reported the presence of " tumor "in the bile ducts and pancreas, but it was not clear if they were abducted in March 2010, when its operation in Germany, or if they were still present.
Mr. al-Dib had then told the CNN that Mr. Mubarak was " in very poor health , "he had" serious heart problems and complications with his stomach after the operation he had had Germany last year . "
Hosni Mubarak was ousted Feb. 11 by an unprecedented popular revolt, after three decades at the head of the country.According to an official toll, 846 people were killed during the 18 days of unprecedented upheaval that led him to resign.
If convicted, Mr. Mubarak is punishable by death, according to Justice Minister Abdel Aziz al-Guindi.
His lawyer denied that the former president has given orders to use force and live ammunition against demonstrators, but the former head of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, has assured that he had " full knowledge each bullet fired . "
His son Alaa and Gamal are now in detention in Tora prison, and must also be considered.
As for his wife, Suzanne, she was released after handing over assets worth $ 4 million to the state.
Several former officials and businessmen are now under investigation for corruption or for their responsibility in the violence of January to February.
" He has a stomach cancer and tumors are increasing , "he said.
Persistent rumors circulating about this but this is the first formal confirmation that Mr. Mubarak is suffering from cancer.
Age 83, former head of state hospitalized since April 13 after a heart attack during interrogation, had been in a March 2010 removal of the gallbladder and removal of a polyp of the duodenum in a clinic Heidelberg, Germany.
" It should have been followed after that but it did not happen , "said al-Dib.
The Egyptian Prosecutor General, who had requested the transfer of the former president in prison, announced in late May that his health did not allow it.
The Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud had commissioned a team of doctors to examine the ex-president to establish if he could leave the hospital international Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital.
These doctors had said that Mr. Mubarak was weak, depressed and at risk of heart attack.
"Very unhealthy"
They also reported the presence of " tumor "in the bile ducts and pancreas, but it was not clear if they were abducted in March 2010, when its operation in Germany, or if they were still present.
Mr. al-Dib had then told the CNN that Mr. Mubarak was " in very poor health , "he had" serious heart problems and complications with his stomach after the operation he had had Germany last year . "
Hosni Mubarak was ousted Feb. 11 by an unprecedented popular revolt, after three decades at the head of the country.According to an official toll, 846 people were killed during the 18 days of unprecedented upheaval that led him to resign.
If convicted, Mr. Mubarak is punishable by death, according to Justice Minister Abdel Aziz al-Guindi.
His lawyer denied that the former president has given orders to use force and live ammunition against demonstrators, but the former head of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, has assured that he had " full knowledge each bullet fired . "
His son Alaa and Gamal are now in detention in Tora prison, and must also be considered.
As for his wife, Suzanne, she was released after handing over assets worth $ 4 million to the state.
Several former officials and businessmen are now under investigation for corruption or for their responsibility in the violence of January to February.
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