Morsi Trial: Egyptian ex-president Mubarak to testify against successor Morsi

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In Egypt, the retrial of former President Mohamed Morsi for breaking out of prison in 2011, has once again become a heated topic in the country. Morsi's predecessor President Hosni Mubarak has been called to testify against him. The Muslim Brotherhood has been accused of resorting to foreign militants to assist the breakout. CGTN's Adel EL Mahrouky with more.

The court has summoned Mubarak to verify reports that foreign armed militants breached the Egyptian border with Gaza, back in 2011 to break Muslim Brotherhood leaders out of prison.

HOSNI MUBARAK FORMER EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT "On January 29, 2011, the Chief of intelligence Omar Suleiman told me that some 800 armed militants sneaked from Gaza into the tunnel. They attacked the borders, police stations and check points and reached all the way to Wadi Natrun prison where they broke out members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah."

During the 25th of January uprising, the Egyptian police arrested a number of Muslim Brotherhood members and held them in Wadi EL Natrun prison, among them Mohamed Morsi and who then became Egypt's elected President. The clash between Mubarak and the Brotherhood became more evident when the judge gave room for Mohamed EL Beltagy one of the defendants to ask questions to Mubarak.

MOHAMED EL BELTAGY PROMINENT LEADER IN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD "They reached the Natrun prison 600 KM away and fled out of the country without being arrested. Were you not aware?"

HOSNI MUBARAK FORMER EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT "This not true, the Armed forces only have the border control troops."

Mubarak refused to comment on a possible plot between the Muslim Brotherhood and other countries to conspire against Egypt.

ADEL EL MAHROUKY CAIRO "The trial turned from an investigation in charges of fleeing prison to a trial about the authenticity of the 2011 January uprising. Adel EL Mahrouky, CGTN, CA."