Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, stands behind the bars during his trial in Cairo on June 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO / STR
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s ousted and imprisoned president, hinted on Saturday that he had been subject to a poisoning attempt by prison officials in a report in Middle East Monitor.
During court proceedings, Morsi – democratically elected in mid-2012 only to be ousted by the army one year later – said, somewhat cryptically, that he had “refused to eat food [provided by prison officials], which, had I eaten it, a crime would have occurred”.
Morsi went on to cite five recent “incidents” he had experienced in prison, which, he asserted, “would have constituted a crime” had they succeeded.
He did not elaborate further.
Source: World Bulletin
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