Egypt sentences son of former President Mohamed Morsi to hard labor.

According to a report by the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Cairo on July 2, an Egyptian criminal court sentenced Abdallah Morsi, son of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, to one year of hard labor for drug possession.

In addition, Abdallah Morsi was fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (US$1,400). A friend of Abdallah Morsi also received a similar penalty.

Abdallah Morsi, son of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. (Source: nawaret.com)

Earlier this March, the two defendants were arrested by police at a checkpoint while traveling from Sharqiya province in the Nile Delta to New Cairo district after being found carrying two pieces of marijuana in their car.

Both suspects were released the following day after police took blood and urine samples for testing.

The aforementioned sentence was handed down as part of a series of trials targeting allies of former President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Morsi himself is on trial for numerous serious charges and could face the death penalty.

According to VNA