<p>By Bahram Abdel-Moneim</p> <p>KHARTOUM (AA) – Reports that ousted President Omar al-Bashir has been taken to Sudan’s Kobar Prison are untrue, a member of al-Bashir’s family said Thursday.</p> <p>Speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, the family source said al-Bashir “is still at his personal residence… and any report saying otherwise is inaccurate”.</p> <p>Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC), which is now overseeing a two-year post-Bashir “transitional phase”, has yet to issue a statement on al-Bashir's whereabouts. </p> <p>On Wednesday, local media outlets reported that al-Bashir, who was ousted by the Sudanese army last week, had been taken to the detention facility, along with leaders of his National Congress Party.</p> <p>On the same day, the MTC announced that two of al-Bashir’s brothers had been arrested on corruption charges.</p> <p>*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat</p>
