MP Jamil Sayyed to Stand Witness Before STL in June
MP Jamil al-Sayyed is set to stand as witness before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the assassination case of ex-PM Rafik Hariri and companions, Naharnet sources said on Friday.
According to the sources, former General Security head Sayyed will stand before the tribunal on June 5, 6 and 7.
Hariri was assassinated in a massive car explosion on February 14, 2005 in Beirut which killed 21 others, and injured 226 more.
Al-Sayyed was one of four generals ordered jailed by the STL in connection with the assassination of Hariri, father of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri.
The four generals were eventually released due to lack of evidence.
Al-Sayyed has accused so-called “false witnesses” of framing him and the other three generals.
Sayyed, elected lawmaker in Lebanon’s May 6 elections, has demanded that the justice ministerial portfolio be allocated to his pro-Damascus March 8 political camp.
Source: Naharnet
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