Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, state television reported, two days after he was summoned to take part in a probe by the public prosecutor. Mubarak, ousted on February 11 after 30 years in office, was summoned by the public prosecutor on Sunday as part of investigations into the killing of protesters and embezzlement of public funds.
Mubarak denied any wrongdoing in a recorded message broadcast on Al Arabiya television on Sunday. Mubarak has suffered from health problems in recent years and went to Germany for gall bladder surgery in March 2010. "Mubarak entered Sharm el-Sheikh international hospital for treatment," state television reported. The website of the state-owned publisher of Al Ahram newspaper said the president might not have to go to Cairo to attend the investigation because of his admission to hospital.
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