\nMohamed Morsi, Egypt’s ousted and imprisoned president, hinted on Saturday that he had been subject to a poisoning attempt by prison officials in a report in Middle East Monitor.<\/p>\n
During court proceedings, Morsi – democratically elected in mid-2012 only to be ousted by the army one year later – said, somewhat cryptically, that he had “refused to eat food [provided by prison officials], which, had I eaten it, a crime would have occurred”.<\/p>\n
Morsi went on to cite five recent “incidents” he had experienced in prison, which, he asserted, “would have constituted a crime” had they succeeded.<\/p>\n
He did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n
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