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September 19, 2010

Now Lebanon - Sada Al-Balad: Summoning Sayyed is required by law - September 19, 2010

Sada Al-Balad newspaper quoted on Sunday a judicial source as saying that the judicial activity against former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed is required by the law and is not based on political positions.

An-Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday that Attorney General Judge Said Mirza summoned Sayyed “for questioning over the latter’s threats against the Lebanese state, judiciary, and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.”

Sayyed said last week that “[PM Hariri] should take a lie detector test to prove he did not support or fund false witnesses in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),” investigating the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri. The former General Security chief also vowed to take his right “with his own hands.”

Sayyed was detained from 2005 to 2009 on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. In April 2009, the STL ordered his release due to lack of evidence.

-NOW Lebanon
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