In a highly unusual move to contain public anger over the alleged torture death of a 28-year-old blogger last month, President Hosni Mubarak's son, Gamal, said that justice will be served against police officers charged in the case.

Gamal Mubarak, a top member of the ruling National Democratic Party who is often mentioned as a successor to his father, rarely speaks to the media about sensitive issues, especially something as volatile as the death of Khaled Saied.

However, the anger and demonstrations in the wake of the alleged beating of Saied at the hands of two police officers in Alexandria seems to have forced the 46-year-old politician to change his strategies ahead of the 2011 presidential elections.

"Justice must take its course, and this applies to the case of the death of Egyptian citizen Khaled Saied in Alexandria, especially after the prosecutor general referred the accused to court," Mubarak told Egyptian media. "The party insists on the accountability of any wrongdoer within the framework of justice, transparency and the rule of the law."