19 Dec 2022; MEMO: Egyptian media tycoon Mohamed Al-Amin has died of cancer yesterday while serving a three-year jail sentence for human trafficking and sexual misconduct.
Journalist Mustafa Bakri announced the 62-year-old's death on Twitter, saying he had been transferred to Al-Salam International Hospital in Cairo a few months ago from Wadi El-Natrun Prison, where he was serving his sentence.
Last year, the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood filed a formal complaint against Al-Amin accusing him of sexually assaulting more than a dozen girls at an orphanage he owned in Beni Suef province, 150 kilometres south of Cairo.
Authorities arrested Al-Amin in January and his trial began in March. He was handed a three-year term on charges of human trafficking.
Al-Amin was one of Egypt's most prominent media moguls, owning and managing 14 satellite channels including CBC, An-Nahar and Modern, along with three newspapers.
His media group played a prominent role in inciting against the late elected President, Mohamed Morsi, until the military coup toppled him in July 2013.
