Egyptian ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s wife Suzanne said she would hand over $ 3 million to the state, claiming that this amount was all what she possessed.

Egyptian ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s wife Suzanne Thabet Mubarak said she would hand over $ 3 million to the state, claiming that this amount was all what she possessed.

The former first lady returned a villa in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and transferred the power of attorney on Monday for authorities to withdraw up to $3 million held in two of her bank accounts, Egyptian state news agency MENA said.
Mrs. Mubarak said she possessed only $3 million.

The handover came after the state's anti-corruption agency ordered that Suzanne Mubarak be detained for 15 days for further investigation into charges that she abused her husband's power for unlawful personal gain.
Judicial sources had previously said that her defense team was expected to sign documents ceding her assets in an apparent attempt to avoid detention.

Various estimates had her and her husband, former President Hosni Mubarak, in possession of several billion dollars. There was speculation Monday evening that the state would not prosecute Mrs. Mubarak in view of her offer. There was also speculation that some prosecutors did not believe her arithmetic, and that an investigation into her finances would continue.

Earlier, doctors failed to complete an angioplasty on Mrs. Mubarak, potentially prolonging a stay in hospital after anti-corruption authorities ordered her detention.

Al-Ahram newspaper cited medical officials as saying doctors at a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh had been due to undertake the angioplasty on Sunday evening after suffering a heart attack.

Hosni Mubarak was deposed on February 11 after 30 years of rule, in a popular uprising that began a month earlier.
The military council which has been in power since has vowed to bring to justice all those accused of abuse and has launched a sweeping probe into corruption.