Naharnet - False Witness in Hariri Assassination Returns to Syria from Roumieh Prison - May 21, 2011

Akram Shakib Murad, a Syrian false witness in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, has been handed over to the Syrian judicial authorities after his sentence in Roumieh prison ended, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.
It added that the procedures for his return were conducted quickly, "which reflected a Syrian interest in returning a wanted citizen who had issued a testimony before the international investigation looking into the Hariri assassination."

Murad was imprisoned on drug charges.