The family of Hesham Talaat Mustafa, the Egyptian businessman sentenced to death for ordering the slaying of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim, has launched a $1bn campaign to change the law he was convicted under, it was reported on Wednesday.A number of Egyptian businessmen and parliamentarians are currently lobbying to change an article of the Egyptian penal code so that Mustafa would be spared the death penalty, London-based Arabic daily Al Quds Al Arabi wrote.
The business tycoon’s family is bankrolling the campaign, which was said to have a budget of $1bn.
As part of plans to sway public opinion, the family will build 3,000 apartments for low income earners, a source close to the family was quoted as saying.
Mustafa was sentenced to death in May this year for paying an ex-police officer $2m to have Tamim killed.
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