Judge Issues Arrest Warrant Against Ibrahim Bashir
Beirut Examining Magistrate Ghassan Owaidat issued on Tuesday an arrest warrant against Higher Relief Council chief Ibrahim Bashir over embezzlement charges.
Bashir has been charged along with his wife with embezzlement, smuggling and money laundering.
Bashir is the secretary-general of the HRC, which helps Lebanese citizens and communities hit by natural and man-made disasters.
Owaidat issued the warrant against him after questioning him for two hours, the state-run National News Agency reported. But he did not interrogate his wife for being hospitalized.
Two others have also been charged.
Local media reports have said they have embezzled around $10 million.
The defendants face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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