Justice Minister Mamdouh Marei has decided on Sunday to refer Judge Hamdi Wafiq of Damietta to a disciplinary court, on charges of “insulting the president.”
The judge is to stand trial on 17 March. If indicted, he could expelled from the judicial body.
UPDATE: Mubarak intervened personally to ask the minister to withdraw the case against the judge, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.