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September 19, 2010

Now Lebanon - Lawyer: Mirza summoned Sayyed in official capacity on behalf of public interest

Attorney General Said Mirza took judicial procedures against former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed in his official capacity on behalf of the public interest, former head of the Tripoli Lawyers Syndicate Rashid Darbas argued in a legal brief issued on Sunday.

Mirza summoned Sayyed for questioning at Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar’s request after Sayyed said on September 12 that “[Prime Minister Saad Hariri] should take a lie detector test to prove he did not support or fund false witnesses in the STL.” The former General Security chief also threatened to take his right “with his own hands” if Hariri did not give it to him.

Sayyed has argued that Mirza is not legally qualified to take judicial action against him because Mirza is one of several Lebanese and Syrian public figures named as defendants in a lawsuit Sayyed filed in Damascus in December 2009.

The Criminal Courts Code empowers the Justice Minister to request the Attorney General to undertake litigation in the public interest, Darbas added.
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