The last prime minister under the toppled regime of former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak would be put on trial on corruption charges, Egyptian judicial officials say.

"He [Ahmed Shafiq] faces charges of profiteering and facilitating illegal acquisition of state funds," said Adel Saeed, the spokesman for Egypt’s general prosecutor's office.

The new charges against Shafiq came weeks after Egyptian judiciary officials issued an arrest warrant for him in a separate corruption case involving the alleged illegal sale of real estate to the sons of the ousted dictator.

The illegal activities took place duing his eight-year tenure as civil aviation minister under the former regime.

Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, are currently held in Cairo’s Tora prison pending investigations over profiteering and stock-exchange manipulation charges.

Shafiq, who lost Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, flew to the United Arab Emirates in June.

"I traveled after the election in anticipation of unexpected persecution and that was proven to be true and a deliberate attack," he claimed in a post on Twitter on Sunday.

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