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Judge to go on trial for ‘insulting Mubarak’
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.
Police crack down on MB students
Four Muslim Brothers student activists were detained in the Nile Delta town of Tanta.
In Cairo, Al-Azhar University dismissed seven MB students, and barred six others from entering the second term exams.