Hassan Khalil's brother held in fake cancer drugs case
Mohammad Khalil, the brother of Speaker Nabih Berri’s aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil, has been arrested in the case of the fake cancer drugs that have entered the Lebanese market, media reports said.
Al-Jadeed TV said Khalil was arrested along with an Internal Security Forces captain identified as Ali Sh. and two medicine dealers.
“Khalil and the detainees were interrogated throughout the day (Tuesday) amid major pressures for their release, but the detention decision was made by acting Financial Prosecutor Judge Dora al-Khazen,” Al-Jadeed added.
Media reports said Mohammad Khalil’s wife, Maria Fawaz, had fled to Georgia, describing her as the “main culprit” in the case.
Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel meanwhile quoted sources as saying that Berri “has informed everyone that he will not provide cover to anyone in the fake drugs case,” adding that “a wave of anxiety has spread among the ranks of the Amal Movement due to the involvement of MP Ali Hassan Khalil’s brother and his wife in the medicine scandal.”
MP Ali Hassan Khalil later distanced himself from the case in a post on the X platform.
"As for the case that has been recently raised regarding my brother's divorcee and his relation with her, I would like to stress that the issue is judicial and related to them and that we have nothing to do whatsoever with what's being circulated," Khalil said.
"I have no business ties with those aforementioned and I categorically reject the attempts to implicate my name in this case," Khalil added, calling for the judicial measures to "take their natural course in a strict manner, away from any interference or influence."
"Any claims that we are pressuring the judiciary are unfounded and aimed at distortion and defamation for reasons that have become obvious to everyone," Khalil went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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