Wael Abbas - FacebookCAIRO- 24 May 2018: First Attorney General of the Supreme State Security Prosecution Counselor Khaled Diaa Eldin on Thursday ordered social media blogger Wael Abbas to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations over mongering fabricated news.Abbas faces charges of belonging to an outlawed group, planning to disrupt the country’s institutions and intentionally circulating fabricated news on the political and economic conditions to destabilize Egypt.The prosecution continued to interrogate Abbas in the presence of a number of his lawyers in view of the investigations conducted about him by the concerned security bodies.

Source: Egypt Today May 24, 2018 19:18 UTC