Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil was today sentenced to jail for an year by a court which also ordered his sacking for failing to implement a 2011 ruling directing the nationalisation of a fibre company.
The Dokki Misdemeanor Court gave Qandil, 50, a suspended sentence of one year in prison on 2,000 Egyptain pound bail, on charges of abstaining from implementing the verdict by the Administrative Court that ordered the renationalisation of the Tanta Flax and Oil Company, and rendered invalid the selling of the company to Saudi businessman Abdullah Al-Kaaki.
Court also ordered the sacking of Qandil from his post as prime minister, Al Ahram newspaper reported.
The company was privatised in 2005 for a sum that was less than its total value, forcing hundreds of workers into retirement, and depriving some workers of annual bonuses that they received when the factory was under state ownership.
The lawsuit against Qandil was brought by a number of the company's workers.
Qandil was appointed in August by President Mohamed Morsi.
