Egypt's parliament chief refers wheat corruption report to prosecutor general


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  • Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

Khaled Hanafy talks at his office in Cairo, Egypt, November 29, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

CAIRO (Reuters) - A parliamentary fact-finding commission's report on corruption in the country's wheat industry was referred to the prosecutor general and an anti-corruption watchdog agency by the speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives on Monday.

The report, which was also presented to members of Parliament on Monday and reviewed by Reuters in advance, found that the government played a key role in "wasting public funds" in its costly food subsidy programme.

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