Journalist Hossam Bahgat was summoned to Egypt’s military intelligence service for questioning Sunday morning, independent news website Mada Masr reported, adding that the reason behind the order remains unknown.
Bahgat has written investigative reports on the details of a scarcely-publicized military trial of 26 army officers convicted last August of planning a coup against president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. He has also written about what he described was a “quasi-covert military trial” of members of the Sinai-based, militant, extremist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdes (now the Sinai Province).
In August, the Presidency approved an anti-terrorism law which stipulates a minimum of two years in prison for journalists reporting information on anti-terrorism operations that are at odds with official statements.
