You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Diab's Interrogation Suspended, Mashnouq Sues State to Suspend Tomorrow's Session
2021-10-29
[An Nahar] Lead investigator in the Beirut port blast Judge Tarek Bitar suspended Thursday a scheduled session for hearing ex-Prime Minister Hassan Diab
...Former Leb PM. He is a Sunni Muslim. In October 2021, Diab was mentioned in the Pandora Papers due to his ownership of a shell company in the British Virgin Islands....
's testimony after the latter filed a lawsuit that will pause his prosecution until a decision is made.

On Wednesday, one day before his scheduled session, Diab filed a lawsuit against the state.

Ex-minister and incumbent MP Nouhad al-Mashnouq also filed a lawsuit today against the state.

Al-Mashnouq’s session is scheduled on October 29. The suit will prevent Bitar from interrogating him until a decision is made.

Last month al-Mashnouq’s interrogation was suspended after he filed a dismissal request against Bitar accusing him of bias. The legal complaint temporary suspended the investigation.

Ex-ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zoaiter, also charged with negligence, filed a lawsuit Wednesday before the Court of Cassation.

The three former ministers and incumbent MPs Mashnouq, Khalil and Zoaiter, along with ex-minister Youssef Finianos, have repeatedly filed requests to dismiss Bitar, but the Court of Cassation and the Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuits.

Related:
Nouhad al-Mashnouq: 2018-12-11 Mashnouq Says ISF Thwarted Bombing Attacks by IS
Nouhad al-Mashnouq: 2017-09-17 Leb: French Embassy Warns of 'Security Risk in Next 48 Hours'
Nouhad al-Mashnouq: 2017-08-01 Saniora Meets Kuwait Envoy to Deplore 'Hizbullah Cell', Mashnouq Ready to 'Cooperate'
Related:
Ali Hassan Khalil: 2021-08-12 Lebanese parties to boycott parliament session aimed to derail Beirut blast probe
Ali Hassan Khalil: 2020-09-10 Amal Movement blast U.S sanctions while doubling down on Finance Ministry portfolio
Ali Hassan Khalil: 2020-02-01 Lebanon on the brink of forming government, top Berri aid says
Related:
Ghazi Zoaiter: 2013-11-25 Berri Arrives in Iran, Hopes Nuclear Deal Will Lead to 'Settlement in Syria'
Related:
Youssef Finianos: 2021-08-12 Lebanese parties to boycott parliament session aimed to derail Beirut blast probe
Youssef Finianos: 2017-05-28 6 wounded in ISIS attack of Lebanese Army patrol
Posted by:Fred

#1  Hang'em for malfeasance.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-29 01:26  

00:00