CAIRO — A new youth campaign called Emsek Kersh was launched on Facebook on Aug. 28 with the aim of exposing the corruption plaguing the various state institutions across the Egyptian governorates.
The campaign coincided with the emergence of a major corruption case whereby former Agriculture Minister Salah Hilal was arrested Sept. 7, along with former member of parliament Hamdi el-Fakharany, who was detained Sept. 6 on charges of receiving a bribe in return for dropping a lawsuit to claim back a company land he had sold.