Egypt is probing reports that deposed President Mohamed Mursi allegedly provided national security-related documents to Qatar

Egypt is probing reports that deposed President Mohamed Mursi allegedly provided national security-related documents to Qatar.

State news agency MENA reported on Wednesday that Egypt has opened an investigation into reports that Mursi handed over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security.”

Mursi is accused of providing the documents via the Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV during his presidency.

Egypt has already charged three Al-Jazeera journalists with supporting the Muslim Brotherhood movement, with which Mursi is affiliated and which was declared a “terrorist organization” by the interim government last December. The journalists are also charged with fabricating footage to harm Egypt’s security.

Back in March, Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim also accused Mursi’s secretary Amin El-Serafi of leaking documents regarding the army, its armaments and the deployment of its troops, to a chief editor of Al-Jazeera.

Mursi is already facing the death penalty for several charges. He was toppled in a military coup led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s current president and then army commander, in July, 2013.