Hosni Mubarak is being questioned for financial crimes, however he has recently been admitted to the hospital for poor health. Medical sources say that the 82-year-old refused to eat or drink before he was questioned. His two sons are also being held in custody for fifteen days of questioning. The pressure is on the general prosecutor to show that Mubarak is not exempt from justice. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell reports.
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