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March 4, 2011

Now Lebanon - Nahhas refuses to cooperate with ST - March 2, 2011

Lebanon's caretaker minister of telecommunications said Wednesday he had ignored a request for information by the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) probing the murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri on legal grounds.

Charbel Nahhas told AFP that the Netherlands-based STL had sought documents relating to the phone records of Lebanese citizens in the past seven years.

He said he had ignored several requests because they "were contrary to Lebanese law as concerns the secrecy of phone records and immunity given to deputies and presidents".

Nahhas would not say whether the STL requests targeted any MPs or head of state.

The STL, set up in the aftermath of Hariri's 2005 assassination, is expected to implicate senior members of Hezbollah in Hariri's killing.

Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati, who is backed by Hezbollah, was appointed on January 25 to form a new government but he has yet to name his cabinet members amid haggling between rival parties.

Nahhas, according to local media, was among four ministers from the outgoing cabinet who have refused to cooperate with the STL.

 
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