Why is the player Ahmed Yasser Al-Mohammadi being tried in Egypt despite being accused of a crime he committed in Qatar? – The seventh day

Mention the player Ahmed Yasser al-Mohammadia football player in the State of Qatar, and the brother of the player Hussein Yasser Al-Mohammadi, a former star of the Zamalek club, to be brought to a criminal trial, accused of assaulting a girl in the State of Qatar.

According to Egyptian law, all Egyptians who commit a crime or crime abroad and return to Egypt will be tried according to Egyptian law, as stated in Article 3 of the Egyptian Penal Code. Egypt no citizen may be expelled from the country or prevented from returning to it according to the Egyptian Constitution.

Article 3 of the law stipulates: Every Egyptian who commits an act while outside the country that is considered felony or misdemeanor in this law will be punished according to its provisions if he returns it to the country and that the action would be punished under the law of the Law. the country in which he did it.

While Article 4 of the law states: No public prosecution may be brought against a person who has committed a crime or act abroad except by public prosecution or they finally sentenced him, and that he fulfilled his punishment.