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September 20, 2010

Now Lebanon - Detaining someone without evidence is militia behavior, Hajj Hassan says - September 20, 2010

March 14 politicians should stop talking about militias, Minister of Agriculture Hussein al-Hajj Hassan told al-Manar television on Monday evening, asking “is it not militia behavior to imprison someone without any evidence?”

Former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed was held for four years on suspicion of involvement in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination, then released in April 2009 due to lack of evidence.

In an interview with al-Mustaqbal newspaper published on Sunday, Lebanon First bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat said that “Hezbollah is not a resistance but has proven to be a militia that seeks to [carry out] a coup.”

In a press conference at Rafik Hariri International Airport on Saturday, Sayyed said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) cannot be trusted until Lebanese learn why witnesses conspired to give false testimonies about the Rafik Hariri murder, adding that Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the March 14 alliance used such false witnesses to take over the government.

“The file on false witnesses will not be closed until the truth is made clear,” Hajj Hassan said.

-NOW Lebanon
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