Counselors Sāmih Abū Zayd and Ashraf al-‘Ashmāwī, the two examining judges into the illegal foreign funding of NGOs, said warranted search raids on the headquarters of a civil society called Sahm al-Thiqah – April 7 resulted in seizure of files containing surveys of Egyptian churches in Egypt, army posts in al-Ismailia and Suez and detailed maps of Egypt with handwritten signs in English dividing Egypt into four territories in accordance with political activities of each Egyptian governorate.

In a press conference, the two judges said all decisions made were in accordance with the law, adding the decision concerning the declaration of secrecy of bank accounts of certain NGOs and some persons were taken after meticulous investigations and hearing witnesses.

The non-Egyptian workers in those associations were practicing activities in an illegal way as none of them has obtained permits to work in Egypt had only tourist visas.