Egypt's el-Sissi weighs in on sexual harassment

Egypt's new president has weighed in on one of the nation's most troubling social ills, ordering his interior minister to do whatever it takes to combat sexual harassment.
A presidential spokesman says Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi also called for the decisive implementation of a new law that punishes convicted harassers with up to five years in prison.
A string of sexual assaults on women during celebrations marking el-Sissi's inauguration on Sunday, including a mass attack on a mother and her teenage daughter, marred the occasion and sparked outrage.
The spokesman, Ehab Badawi, said today that el-Sissi also instructed Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim to honor a policeman who came to the teenager's rescue.

The nation's chief prosecutor, meanwhile, ordered three men arrested in connection with sexual assaults on Sunday immediately put on trial.