Kiosk Owner Arrested Over Worker’s Detention and Filmed Confession in Ismailia

A kiosk owner in Ismailia was arrested after allegedly detaining an employee and forcing him to confess to stealing money from the business.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said it had established the circumstances surrounding a video circulated on social media about the incident.

The video concerned a worker’s complaint that the kiosk owner had held him at a location and compelled him to admit taking money from the kiosk.

The owner allegedly filmed the forced confession. The information provided did not specify how much money was purportedly stolen or how long the worker was held.

The ministry’s account did not establish that the worker had committed theft. The allegation against him was the subject of the confession he said he had been forced to make.