Mubarak could face further charges

CAIRO, June 4 (UPI) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, sentenced to life in prison for his role in killing protesters, faces accusations of high treason, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said they plan to immediately start looking into allegations Mubarak and his men were disloyal to the country in various ways, Ahram Online reported Monday.

Mubarak and other officials were criticized for efforts to try to ensure that his son, Gamal, would be his successor, the report said.

It is alleged that Mubarak and others at times disregarded the constitution and "circumvented the will of the nation," Ahram Online said.

The complaint was filed in May against Mubarak, former Vice President Omar Sulieman, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and current Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri.

The officials are also accused of enforcing constitutional amendments without a popular referendum.

"These are the charges that Mubarak and his men should have been facing from day one of the revolution. People did not revolt against him because he killed protesters, they revolted because he destroyed their lives and their future," writer and political researcher Ammar Ali Hassan told Ahram Online.

Thousands of people protested Sunday in Cairo's Tahrir Square against the acquittal of nine defendants in Mubarak's trial. Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, businessman Hussein Salem and six other top security officials were acquitted of corruption charges, al-Masry al-Youm reported.

Ahram Online said Mubarak's wife was expected to visit him Monday in prison, where the ailing 84-year-old former leader is being treated in an intensive care unit under the supervision of five doctors and two nurses.

Tora Prison officials said Mubarak may be exempted from having to wear the standard prison uniform, Ahram Online reported.