Egyptian official says Tamim suspects will be tried in Egypt

THE ACCUSED: File photo of Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Egyptian real estate tycoon and ruling party stalwart. (AFP)

Egypt is unlikely to extradite the suspects in the murder of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim to the UAE, an Egyptian legal official said on Wednesday.

"The arrest and investigations were conducted in Egypt," the unnamed official told UAE daily Gulf News.

Egypt's Prosecutor General charged business tycoon Hesham Talaat Moustafa and Muhsen Al-Sukkary, an ex-police officer, with involvement in the killiing of Tamim in Dubai on July 28.

The date of the trial will be set next week. Both defendants could face the death penality if convicted.

"The crime committed abroad [in Dubai] is punishable under the Egyptian Penal Code. Accordingly, they will not be tried outside Egypt," said the official. He would not say if the UAE had made an extradition request to Cairo, the paper added.

Hesham had "allegedly paid Al-Sukkary $2 million to track down Tamim in London and then in Dubai," according to Egyptian prosecutors.

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