Daily Star - Lebanon Special Tribunal to let Sayyed challenge court in public hearing

BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Tuesday it will hold a public hearing to allow former head of the General Security, who was detained over the killing of former Premier Rafik Hariri, to challenge the court.
Jamil al-Sayyed filed a request in March for access to investigation files to prove his assertion that he had been the victim of slander and was arbitrarily detained from 2005-09.
Sayyed and the prosecutor will each have 20 minutes in the hearing on July 13 to present their arguments to the court, said judge Daniel Fransen in a ruling dated June 25.
The Lebanese general was placed in temporary detention on August 30, 2005, on an arrest warrant issued by a Lebanese judge. The UN tribunal ordered his release along with three other generals on April 29, 2009.
The head of the STL said last month that it could file charges by the end of the year. – AFP