An-Nahar newspaper reported on Wednesday that Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar requested his Syrian counterpart Ahmad Hammoud Younes on December 17 to transfer the “Syrian arrest warrants file” to the first investigative judge in Lebanon.
Najjar’s request falls within the 1951 judicial agreement between Syria and Lebanon, the daily said.
The second and third article of the agreement state that Lebanon has the jurisdiction to deal with a crime if it occurs within its territory, the daily reported, adding that Beirut also has jurisdiction over a case if the accused are Lebanese.
An-Nahar quoted an unnamed source as saying that the Syrian judiciary is free to accept or reject Najjar’s request.
In October, Syria issued 33 arrest warrants against judges, officers, politicians and journalists of Lebanese, Arab and other nationalities in the case of former head of General Security Jamil as-Sayyed.
Sayyed was arrested in 2005 on suspicion of involvement in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination and was released in 2009 due to lack of evidence. In October 2009, he filed a lawsuit in Damascus against various defendants whom he alleges were involved in a conspiracy of false testimonies against him.
Najjar’s request falls within the 1951 judicial agreement between Syria and Lebanon, the daily said.
The second and third article of the agreement state that Lebanon has the jurisdiction to deal with a crime if it occurs within its territory, the daily reported, adding that Beirut also has jurisdiction over a case if the accused are Lebanese.
An-Nahar quoted an unnamed source as saying that the Syrian judiciary is free to accept or reject Najjar’s request.
In October, Syria issued 33 arrest warrants against judges, officers, politicians and journalists of Lebanese, Arab and other nationalities in the case of former head of General Security Jamil as-Sayyed.
Sayyed was arrested in 2005 on suspicion of involvement in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination and was released in 2009 due to lack of evidence. In October 2009, he filed a lawsuit in Damascus against various defendants whom he alleges were involved in a conspiracy of false testimonies against him.
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