The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is expected to make a request to Lebanese authorities to question five Hizbullah members in the next few days after Lebanese judges traveled to The Hague ahead of the expected release of the indictment in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination case, informed sources said.
The sources told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in remarks published Monday that the names of the five people would remain confidential for a short period.
A source in Paris confirmed to al-Hayat newspaper that the Lebanese judiciary will be informed on Monday or Tuesday about the indictment.
The last batch of Lebanese judges who are members of the international court has left Beirut through European airports to The Hague where the tribunal is based, al-Hayat said.
Well informed sources told As Safir daily that the judges were summoned three days ago in an effort to protect them ahead of the release of the indictment and in its aftermath.
Despite reports that Lebanese authorities had received a copy of the indictment, General Prospector Saeed Mirza denied, telling al-Joumhouria newspaper that he “will announce it” when he receives it.
The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the STL and the Lebanese government says that a copy of the indictment would be delivered to the general prosecutor without passing through the foreign and justice ministries first.
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