The Egyptian opposition YouTuber Abdullah Al-Sharif confirmed that the authorities released his father, who was arrested against the background of his son broadcasting an episode of what he described as leaks by important advisors in the state.
My father left, thank God
— Abdullah Al-Sharif (@AbdullahElshrif) December 13, 2021
The release of the father came after Abdullah confirmed - in a tweet on Twitter - that he would not publish anything like this.
My father went out and I did not say anything or publish anything
— Abdullah Al-Sharif (@AbdullahElshrif) December 13, 2021
In a previous tweet, Al-Sharif said that the aim of his father's arrest was to pressure him to "shut up" him, and confirmed that he had evidence of what he broadcast.
After my brothers, my father, the elderly sheikh, 74 years old, has now been arrested after the naive statement of the Ministry of the Interior, to shut up and not put in your hands anything that destroys their entire narrative and I bear witness that it is in my hands now.
— Abdullah Al-Sharif (@AbdullahElshrif) December 13, 2021
A few days ago, Abdullah Al-Sharif published a new leak attributed to advisers to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, which includes talk about bribery and illegal obtaining of funds.
And the Egyptian Ministry of Interior said in a statement that it had arrested two people after accusing them of fabricating a phone conversation, which was published by the media as a leak between a general and an advisor in the Presidency of the Republic, and their agreement to leak contracts to implement a number of major projects that the state is establishing in various fields, with the aim of Make a profit.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Interior, investigations revealed that a woman named Mervat Mohamed claimed to be an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, and it turned out that she was Mervat Mohamed Ali Ahmed El-Badawy, 52, who holds a law degree and resides in Alexandria.
The statement continued, "The Ministry of the Interior monitored a phone call between a person claiming to be Major General Farouk Al-Qadi with a woman named Mervat Muhammad who claimed that she is an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, and their agreement that the aforementioned, through his many relations with many state officials, facilitate her and some of her associates with contracts to implement a number of Major projects that the state is establishing in various fields, with the aim of achieving a financial profit for the aforementioned.
The statement stated that the investigations resulted in the identification of the person communicating with Abdullah Al-Sharif, who turned out to be Wael Abdul Rahman Suleiman Muhammad (42 years old). He decided to communicate with Al-Sharif and provide him with the aforementioned phone conversation.