Military Court Postpones Looking into Harb's Assassination Case
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Military Court announced postponing looking into the assassination attempt of Batroun MP Butros Harb until November 29, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.
"The Court repeated its call for the accused Mahmoud al-Hayek to appear before the investigative bodies,” the NNA added.
Security forces and legal experts said in July 2012 that al-Hayek rejects to appear in court because he is a member of Hizbullah’s security apparatus.
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr asked back in March for a sentence of life in prison with hard labor for al-Hayek in the attempted assassination of Harb.
Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan had issued in February an in absentia arrest warrant for the suspect.
Harb, a March 14 opposition lawmaker, escaped the assassination bid in July 2012 after residents of a building in which his office is located in the Beirut district of Badaro discovered individuals trying to booby-trap the elevator.
04 June 2013, 02:50
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We may condone the assassination attempt but to what avail, HA has been accused of much more and there is nothing you can do about it. Conform to the status quo, that is the only means by which you will remain alive.
Everybody knows the truth. This sad predicament has been accepted by a number of political parties in Lebanon. Aoun has given HA legitimacy to this form of conduct, his supporters will defend HA no matter what.
04 June 2013, 10:21
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Hezbozos defy the state, the law, the army, all of our institutions.
They declare wars with foreign countries, they fight in others, they smuggle drugs and weapons, they assasinate, they hold the port, the airport, and are ready to lauch a war if you fire their airport manager...yeah... and they have supporters who call them resistance...pffff...
