Mubarak's wife hospitalized

The wife of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne, was admitted to hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh on suspicion of heart attack Friday.

The wife of the ousted Egyptian leader suffered the suspected heart attack a few hours after being placed in detention in connection with the investigation into his fortune, a hospital official said.

Under investigation - Hosni Mubarak (Photo: AP)

"Suzanne Mubarak has been admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack and high blood pressure. She will be put under observation for 24 hours," Mohammed Abu al-Futouh, the hospital's director told Reuters. 

Egypt's anti-graft agency said on Friday it had ordered former President Mubarak and his wife detained as part of a probe into charges they used their influence to amass wealth unlawfully.

Investigators interrogated Hosni Mubarak, who has denied wrongdoing, for more than three hours on Thursday evening in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, and questioned his wife Suzanne on Friday, the state news agency MENA reported.

15-day detention orde

Some Egyptians have been unhappy about the treatment of Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades. Dozens of demonstrators gathered at a major Cairo mosque on Friday saying the deposed ruler should not be put on trial, MENA reported.

The anti-graft agency, known as the Illicit Gains Authority, ordered that Mubara's wife be detained for 15 days. Security and judicial sources said she would be transferred to a Cairo prison.

The 83-year-old former president has been staying at a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh since he suffered health problems under initial questioning.

The public prosecutor last month ordered the Mubarak be transferred to a Cairo prison hospital but said it would take at least a month to make the necessary preparations.

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