Madi Issues Warrants Against Brother of Fneish, Another Suspect over Illegal Medications
General Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi issued on Tuesday a search and investigative warrant against two people, including the brother of Minister of State for Administrative Reform Mohammad Fneish over the illegal medications case.
According to LBCI the warrant was issued against Abdul Latif Fneish and Fouad Ahmed Wehbeh over links to the forging certificates of laboratory tests and illegal medications case.
Media reports said last week that Fneish's brother might be involved in forging certificates of laboratory tests.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil briefed President Michel Suleiman on the details of the case.
Suleiman hailed the ministry for exposing the matter, stressing on the importance “of not to tolerate with who are manipulating with the health of citizens.”
Later head of Parliament's Public Health, Labor and Social Affairs committee MP Atef Majdalani held talks with Madi to tackle the matter.
In comments published in An Nahar newspaper, Majdalani accused Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi and Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil of “covering up the scandal as no legal measure has been taken so far against the key suspect in the case.”
During a joint press conference on Monday, Qortbawi and Khalil stressed that “most of the counterfeit medications were removed from the market across Lebanon.”
Majdalani wondered “why the case was referred immediately to the judiciary and not to the public prosecution.”
Sources close to the case told An Nahar “investigations will not take a long time and will continue this week based on the important leads that have been discovered.”
Reports say the forgery has been lingering on for about ten months and when it was exposed the health minister claimed it was referred to the judiciary a month ago.
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