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2020-05-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian ministry denies arresting Rami Makhlouf
[ALMASDARNEWS] Syria’s Ministry of Justice denied the reports that surfaced on social media and opposition channels about the arrest of Rami Makhlouf, the billionaire tycoon and first cousin of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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"Some pages on Facebook, based on biased foreign sources, published a fake decree of the Ministry of Justice about the arrest of all types of assets of Rami Makhlouf. The ministry denied ever issuing any decree in that regard," the ministry said on Facebook.

The ministry said there were accounts on social networks that were intentionally publishing fake news and exploiting the topic to spread rumors.

The state department of communications has recently informed Syriatel provider, headed by Makhlouf, about the need to pay nearly 234 billion Syrian pounds ($456 million) by 5 May. Makhlouf posted an appeal to the president on his Facebook page, asking for his company to be exempted from taxes and claiming that the special service mistreated his employees.

Syrian politician, Mari Bitar, told RIA Novosti that the cousin of the president was subject to the same laws as other citizens of the country and the decision on taxes concerned not just him but everyone who had not paid.

Related: Cousin of Syria's Assad Says State Confiscates His Assets
Posted by Fred 2020-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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