
Ousted president Mohamed Morsi along with ten others accused of leaking national security files to Qatar will face the death sentence if convicted in the case, an official judicial source said.
Speaking to MENA, the source said the public prosecution included in the case's indictment sheet a number of charges punishable under the penal code with death by hanging.
On Saturday, Morsi along with the ten other suspects were ordered by the top prosecutor to stand trial before the criminal court over leaking classified documents to the Qatari intelligence and officials at Doha-based Al-Jazeera news channel upon orders from the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The leaked documents include sensitive information about the Egyptian Armed Forces, their stationing locations and nature of arming as well as reports issued by the general and military intelligence agencies, the National Security Agency and the Administrative Control Authority and defense secrets, it said.
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