An Egyptian court has set 4, 5 and 6 January as the dates to resume the trial of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi and ten other defendants on charges of espionage on behalf of Qatar, a judicial source has confirmed.
The unnamed source told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that “the Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday Morsi’s trial as well as [those of] the other ten Muslim Brotherhood members till Monday to listen to testimonies from government and security officials and look into government data.”
According to the source, the court requested to look into official accounts regarding the 2013 massacre at Rabaa Al-Adawiya written by the head of Nasr City Police Department, the director of the school district, and the cleric in charge of Rabaa mosque.
The court has also summoned the governor of Cairo on 5 January to hear his testimony and the head of the Muslim Brotherhood file in the National Security Agency on 6 January, the source added.
Morsi is accused of leaking confidential documents concerning Egyptian national security to the Qatari intelligence apparatus with the aim of “harming Egypt’s military and diplomatic status and national interests.”
Morsi is currently facing trial in four other cases, including inciting the killing of protesters during his rule, degrading the Egyptian judiciary, conspiring with foreign groups, including the Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement Hamas, and breaking out of prison during the 25 January revolution.