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Crime-show host sentenced to death after secretly running a drug cartel

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • An Egyptian television crime-show host received a death sentence after authorities linked her to a drug business.
  • Investigators also found allegations that she had her personal driver abducted, beaten and filmed in a humiliating situation.
  • Her lawyers appealed to the supreme court, while the case triggered shock and anger across the Arab world.

The television star presented herself as a defender of justice. Investigators now say she secretly ran a drug operation, a revelation that has caused outrage across the Arab world.

The article identifies the woman as Sarah Khalifa and says she posed in evening clothes for cameras while keeping 750 kilograms of drugs in a pantry. She has been sentenced to death in Egypt.

The investigation also brought other allegations to light. Authorities said she had her personal driver abducted, beaten and recorded in a humiliating situation. Her lawyers have appealed the death sentence to the supreme court.

The case has stunned people who had viewed the crime-show host as an advocate for justice. The article frames the allegations as a dramatic fall from that public image.

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