Egypt Islamist MP caught in 'indecent' act: report
AFP
CAIRO- Egyptian prosecutors asked parliament on Saturday for permission to investigate an Islamist MP police say was caught performing an "indecent" act with a woman in public, official media reported.
The official MENA news agency quoted a police report saying that Ali Wanis, a cleric and MP for the ultra-conservative Al-Nur party, was found engaged in an "indecent" act with a 22-year-old woman in a car parked on a highway on Thursday.
Judicial sources told AFP that the prosecution's request in such cases, when someone is caught in the act, is a formality and the prosecution has summoned Wanis for questioning.
Al-Nur party, which represents the more conservative brand of Salafi Islam, won the second largest number of seats in parliamentary elections last winter.
It was hit with a scandal in March when another lawmaker was forced to resign from parliament and from his party after claiming he was injured in a carjacking -- to explain bandages on his face -- when in fact he had had a nose job.
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