STL: Lebanon’s Obligation under 1757 to Arrest, Transfer 4 Hariri Murder Suspects Continues
Special Tribunal for Lebanon spokesman Martin Youssef said Lebanon is compelled by U.N. Security Council resolution 1757 to arrest the four suspects in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s murder and transfer them to The Hague.
Youssef told An Nahar daily published Wednesday that Tribunal President Judge Antonio Cassese will take his decision in the next few days on whether Lebanon has done enough in its search for the four suspects against whom the STL had issued arrest warrants.
The spokesman made his comment as the court announced that Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza submitted his report to the STL stating that none of the four people who are accused have been detained.
“Lebanon’s commitment to arrest, detain and transfer the accused in accordance with U.N. Security Council resolution 1757 continues,” Youssef said.
Meanwhile, informed sources told al-Liwaa newspaper that four new arrest warrants will be issued by the end of the month and that international investigators will hear explanations from former Ministers Elias Murr and Marwan Hamadeh on Wednesday over information that at least two of the accused in Hariri’s murder are also involved in the assassination attempts against them.
The accused could have also been involved in the murder attempt against LBCI anchorwoman May Chidiac and the killing of former Communist party leader George Hawi, the sources said.
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