Former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi was transferred to Qasr al-Aini Hospital Thursday after suffering from a heart attack at al-Qanater al-Khayreya Prison.
The hospital's assistant director, Taymour Mostafa, later said he was released and returned to prison after doctors conducted tests. He added that Fiqqi complained of chest pain.
In September 2011, Cairo Criminal Court dismissed Fiqqi from his position and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
Prosecutors charged Fiqqi with granting broadcasting rights for Egypt's premier football league matches in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to private satellite channels free of charge, costing the state LE1.89 million in losses. In July 2011, Fiqqi was acquitted in a separate case of squandering public funds on political propaganda for the former ruling National Democratic Party.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
