Beirut Examining Magistrate Adjourns al-Natour Brothers Questioning until Monday
Beirut Examining Magistrate Ghassan Owaidat postponed on Friday the questioning of al-Natour brothers to March 19, the National News Agency reported.
Owaidat interrogated Suleiman al-Natour, while his brother Samih’s questioning was adjourned until he presents his “formal argument.”
The two brothers are accused of processing and selling spoiled meat and other food products and for the attempted murders of the consumers to whom they knowingly sold the food.
Owaidat issued arrest warrants against the two brothers, and postponed the questioning session to Monday.
The Ministry of Economy’s Consumer Protection Directorate raided last week the warehouse owned by al-Natour brothers in the Sabra area in Tarik el-Jadeedah where they confiscated 25 tons of expired meat.
The issue stirred the “food safety” crisis as the Consumer Protection Directorate raided several other warehouses in al-Fanar, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Tyre, and Marjayoun that were selling spoiled meat and food products.
The seized products included poultry, meat, canned food, cheese and several other consumer products.
The Internal Security Forces detained at least eight other people for food safety violations in separate raids.
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