Egypt's public prosecutor Wednesday referred a former minister to trial for offering state television equipment to a satellite channel broadcasting demonstrations backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources said.

 

Salah Abdel Maqsud, who was information minister under Morsi, and an official from state television, have been referred to trial, the sources said.

 

The two are accused of offering state television's equipment to be used by a satellite channel for broadcasting pro-Morsi demonstrations before the Islamist leader was ousted by the army on July 3 following mass street protests against his rule.

 

The two are also accused of illegally benefitting from state funds, the sources added.