 Four men who sold mobile phone lines that were only used around the time of the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri have been arrested, a Lebanese judicial source said on Tuesday. The men were on the list of ten mobile subscription salesmen handed over to Lebanese public prosecutor Said Mirza by the United Nations inquiry into Hariri’s killing in a massive blast in February, the source said. Mirza issued arrest warrants against the four who may face charges of withholding information about a crime, the source said. | "It's time to play, 'Let's Make A Deal!' |
Mobile lines are sold privately in Lebanon, often at a premium. The arrests came as the head of the inquiry, German investigator Detlev Mehlis, was due to question Syrian intelligence officials in Damascus over the bombing. The four officials to be questioned by Mehlis are the former General Security chief Jamil Seyyed, ex-internal security head General Ali Haj and former army intelligence General Raymond Azar as well as the Head of the presidential Palace guard, Mustapha Hamdan. |