Security forces are
trying to verify unconfirmed reports that former General Security chief Maj.
Gen. Jamil Sayyed was in the car with former minister Michel Samaha during the
smuggling of the explosives from Syria to Lebanon, MTV quoted a security source
as saying on Tuesday.
The source noted that
“orders were given to let Samaha's car cross the border without any
inspection.”
Syrian security chief
“Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk asked his friends in Lebanon to capture or kill the
witness in Samaha's case,” the alleged source claimed.
“What’s important is
Akkar. Focus your efforts on major rallies or Syrian opposition activists,” MTV
quoted Samaha as saying in one of the alleged audio recordings that security
forces had managed to acquire.
Government deputy
Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Sami Sader on Saturday charged Samaha
and Mamlouk with forming a group to commit crimes in Lebanon. The two were also
charged with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures.
Media leaks had said
that Samaha was working at Syrian orders to prepare explosives to be used in
attacks in northern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, LBCI
television quoted a top Internal Security Forces officer as saying that “Milad
Kfouri, the witness in ex-minister Michel Samaha’s case, is a patriotic man and
he and his family are under our protection.”
The TV network also
quoted a security source as saying that “the ISF are committed to providing
monthly allowances to Kfouri and his family that do not exceed $10,000.”
“The honoring of informant
Milad Kfouri will not only be limited to the commendation he received from
(ISF) Director General Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, as he will also be decorated with
a medal upon his return (to Lebanon) after the end of the case,” the source
added.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/50063
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