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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to be put under house arrest following a court order to release him in a corruption1 case, officials say.
埃及官员称,前总统侯塞尼·穆巴拉克贪污案的法院判令公布,他将获释但会被软禁家中。
Hosni Mubarak has appeared frail in some of his court appearances The prime minister's office said the measure would be taken "in the context of the emergency law" currently in place across the country.
Mr Mubarak, 85, is expected to be released from prison later on Thursday.
He still faces charges of complicity in the killing3 of protesters during the uprising that ousted4 him in 2011.
He was sentenced to life in jail last year, but a retrial was later ordered after his appeal was upheld.
That retrial opened in May but Mr Mubarak has now served the maximum amount of pre-trial detention5 permitted in the case.
The office of Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi made its announcement late on Wednesday.
"In the context of the emergency law, the deputy military commander issued an order that Hosni Mubarak should be put under house arrest," the office said in a statement.
Egypt is under a state of emergency amid the bloodshed which has accompanied the interim7 government's crackdown on Islamists opposed to the army's ousting8 of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on 3 July.
Hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood9 - the movement from which Mr Morsi comes - have been detained including its most senior leader Mohammed Badie, who was wanted over alleged10 incitement11 to violence and murder,
The prime minister's statement came shortly after the court in Cairo to release Mr Mubarak.
Asked when the former leader could actually leave the prison, his defence lawyer Fareed El-Deeb told Reuters: "Maybe tomorrow (Thursday)."
The ruling came during a hearing on charges that the former president had accepted gifts from state-run publisher al-Ahram.
State prosecutor12 Ahmed el-Bahrawi was quoted by Reuters as saying that the ruling "is final and the prosecution13 cannot appeal against it".
Prosecutors14 have previously15 brought new charges when courts have ordered Mr Mubarak's release - a move intended to keep the ailing16 ex-leader in detention.
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