The two sons of deposed² Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have $340m in Swiss bank accounts, says Egypt's deputy justice minister.

埃及代理司法部长称，被罢黜的前总统侯赛尼·穆巴拉克的两个儿子在瑞士有3.4亿美元存款。

Most of the frozen Egyptian funds are thought to belong to Gamal (L) and Alaa Mubarak
Assem al-Gohari, who also heads the Illicit³ Gains Authority, said most of the funds - which are now frozen - were held by Mr Mubarak's elder son Alaa.

The balance is reportedly held by his younger son, Gamal Mubarak.

Both sons are standing⁴ trial on corruption⁵ charges and complicity（共谋，串通） in the killing⁶ of protesters.

Their father is also charged with killing the protesters, who were campaigning in January and February this year to depose¹ him after three decades in power.

Some of the anger that led to Mr Mubarak's overthrow⁷ was fuelled by the belief that he and his sons had illegally amassed⁸ vast amounts of wealth corruptly⁹.

Money laundering¹⁰

Alaa Mubarak, 49, is a businessman who largely kept out of politics.

Gamal Mubarak, 47, was a leading politician in the former ruling National Democratic Party and was widely seen as his father's heir apparent（法定继承人） .

Mr Gohari said the Swiss authorities were investigating whether Alaa Mubarak was involved in money laundering.

Switzerland has already frozen the assets of the Mubarak family and other former Egyptian government figures.

Mr Gohari estimated these were worth about $450m - most of these funds are believed to belong to the two sons.

Switzerland promised last week to speed up the return of funds once held by members of the Mubarak government and those of the ousted¹¹ Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

"Switzerland is the seventh financial centre in the world. It is the first in terms of restitution¹²（恢复，赔偿） of funds stolen by dictators," said Swiss foreign ministry¹³ spokesman, Valentin Zellweger.