A man whose real name is
Milad Kfouri and who has used several aliases was behind reporting former
minister Michel Samaha to the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch,
LBCI television reported on Sunday, as Finance Minister Mohammed Safadi’s
office clarified the circumstances of hiring Kfouri in 2005.
“Milad Kfouri is the
central figure in this case and he was the one who informed against Samaha
using his relations with some security agents,” LBCI said.
The TV network added
that Kfouri has worked in the security field since years and that he “is fond
of collecting information.”
“He built ties with
several politicians with the aim of protecting them,” LBCI added.
Samaha was arrested on
Thursday and has reportedly confessed to plotting bombings in the North at the
behest of Syria’s security chief Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk.
“One of the relations
Kfouri had established was with Samaha, who contacted him a while ago with the
aim of implementing his bombings plot,” said LBCI.
“Kfouri was astonished,
so he visited the Intelligence Branch which asked him to maintain his meetings
with Samaha and equipped him with video and audio recording devices,” LBCI
added.
The channel said Zuheir
Nahhas is among the numerous aliases Kfouri goes by.
Meanwhile, a statement
issued by Safadi’s office on Sunday clarified that the minister had hired
Kfouri “in 2005, in the wake of the assassination of martyr premier Rafik
Hariri and his companions, and at a time when most politicians were facing
security threats that prompted them to hire guards from security companies.”
“Kfouri introduced
himself as the owner of a security services company and he was hired
accordingly,” the office added.
“He visited the office in
the third week of July (2012) to inform us that he had decided to suspend his
activities in the field of providing security services for reasons he did not
wish to disclose, and thus his job ended at that point,” the office clarified.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/49806
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