Egyptian prosecutor summons nine journalists over election coverage
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CAIRO - Egypt's state security prosecutor has summoned the former editor of a local newspaper and eight of its reporters for questioning over their coverage of the presidential election, the general secretary of the journalists syndicate said Thursday.
The summons follows a complaint by the National Election Commission against journalists at the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm for publishing what it called false news about the election, syndicate secretary general Hatem Zakaria said
The journalists are due to appear in front of the prosecutor on April 19.
