Judge Approves Suzanne al-Hajj Release Pending Investigation

by Naharnet Newsdesk 29 May 2018, 13:37

First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida approved on Tuesday the release of detained Lt. Col. Suzanne al-Hajj on bail after being accused in March of fabricating a spying for Israel case against comedian Ziad Itani.

According to the National News Agency, Abu Ghaida issued an indictment against al-Hajj referring her to the military court.

Al-Hajj’s lawyer Rashid Derbas had filed a motion for release last week.

Hajj, the former head of the Internal Security Forces anti-cyber crime bureau, had reportedly asked a hacker to fabricate a case against Itani to take revenge on him for posting a screenshot of a 'like' she had placed on a tweet by controversial TV director Charbel Khalil.

Itani was arrested in November on charges of “collaborating with Israel.” He was released on the same day that Hajj was arrested.

Al-Hajj and hacker Elie Ghabash were detained on suspicion of fabricating electronic evidence to “frame” Itani.

Media reports have said that al-Hajj and Ghabash are involved in other hacking attacks.

Source: Naharnet

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