Sayyed Gives Testimony in Samaha Case
Former General Security chief Jamil al-Sayyed gave his testimony on Tuesday in the case of former Minister Michel Samaha.
Sayyed had previously denied having any links to the case.
He made his testimony before Judge Riyad Abu Ghida at the Military Court.
His lawyer Sakhr Hashem said that no decision has been made to arrest Sayyed, reported Voice of Lebanon radio.
Media reports had said that Sayyed was present in Samaha's car as he was transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon.
The former General Security chief later told reporters that he happened to be in Syria the day Samaha was transporting explosives to Lebanon.
“I was there to offer my condolences to an acquaintance,” he explained.
“The judge asked me questions based on the assumption that I was not with Samaha on that day,” he revealed.
“I was summoned to testify away from the media spotlight,” he added.
“I am not above the judiciary,” he continued.
“The testimony focused on the day in which Samaha transported explosives from Syria to Lebanon. The judge now has all the details,” remarked Sayyed.
Samaha was arrested in August on charges of forming a criminal gang aimed at carrying out attacks in Lebanon at Syria's behest.
Judicial sources told al-Akhbar daily last week that an Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch report on Sayyed's involvement includes evidence on recorded telephone conversations between the two men the day the explosives were transported to Lebanon.
The telecom data analysis carried out by the ISF showed that the mobile phones of both Sayyed and Samaha were at the same time in the same location along the international highway that links the Lebanese-Syrian border to Beirut, the sources said.
The newspaper also quoted an ISF source as saying that a General Security employee at the Masnaa border crossed has seen Sayyed with Samaha in the car.
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