Retired Army Brig. Gen.
Fayez Karam, who was convicted of collaborating with Israel
The National News Agency
reported that a white Jeep Infinity transferred Karam from the military police
prison in al-Rayhaniyeh near the Defense Ministry.
He then headed to Rabieh
where he held talks with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun.
He told al-Jadeed
television after the meeting: “I wanted to visit the MP to confirm my
commitment to the FPM.”
“I will not change my
political affiliations and no one can threaten me with the past,” he stated.
“I have performed my
duties in the army and, along with my colleagues, we have sacrificed everything
for the sake of Lebanon
He later headed to his
hometown of Zgharta where he received a hero's welcome where was greeted with
fireworks and residents showering him with rice.
Parliament approved in
March the reduction of the prison year to nine months.
In September 2011, the
permanent military court had sentenced Karam, 63, to three years in jail.
However, it reduced the
sentence to two years with hard labor with his civil and political rights being
stripped.
Karam, a senior member
of the FPM, was arrested by the Police Intelligence Bureau arrested in August
2010 on suspicion of spying for Israel
Karam graduated from the
military school in 1972 as lieutenant.
He held several
leadership positions in the army, including head of the counter-terror and
spying bureau.
He remained in his post
until the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Karam quit the military
after then army commander Michel Aoun was exiled to France
He returned with him to Lebanon in 2005 when Syria
More than 100 people
have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the Israeli Mossad since April
2009, including members of the security forces and telecom employees.
Several have since been
sentenced to death, including one found guilty of aiding Israel
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