Lebanese citizen Shadi
al-Mawlawi met on Tuesday with Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the latter’s
residence in the northern town of Tripoli, shortly after he was released from
jail, LBC television reported.
Following the meeting,
Mawlawi said that Mikati “did not comment on the way the General Security
arrested me.”
Mawlawi then headed home to
the Tripoli town of Al-Menyeh.
Mawlawi, whose arrest
sparked deadly sectarian clashes in Lebanon between pro- and anti-Syrian groups
wasreleased on bail Tuesday, a judicial official said.
The official said military
judge Nabil Wehbe ordered Shadi al-Mawlawi released on bail of 500,000 Lebanese
pounds ($333).
Mawlawi's arrest on May 12
on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization sparked demonstrations and
deadly sectarian clashes in the northern port city of Tripoli.
According to press reports,
Mawlawi had been “lured” by the General Security to a social services center
owned by Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi, where he was detained.
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