From the “Maison Blanche” case to the recent proceedings against Riad Salameh, the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Ghassan Oueidat, has shown his proximity to political and financial circles.
L'Orient-Le Jour / By Caroline HAYEK,
01 February 2023 15:44
Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat takes his oath before former President Michel Aoun, in Baabda, on Sept. 17, 2019. (Credit: Dalati and Nohra)
A month ago, Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat told a source close to him that he “can’t wait to retire [next year] and get it over with.” But things do not always turn out the way you expect.Feb. 7, 2020. Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, unloaded from a cargo ship that docked at the port of Beirut in 2013, have been stored for the past seven years in warehouse 12.According to a Human Rights Watch’s investigation published a year after the explosion, an expert appointed by the enforcement department was finally allowed to enter the port. He sent his statement to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Ghassan Oueidat. The expert indicated that he was “shocked by the level of negligence inside the hangar,” and stated that “this material could pose a danger to public safety.”These findings made it, once again, to the desk of...
A month ago, Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat told a source close to him that he “can’t wait to retire [next year] and get it over with.” But things do not always turn out the way you expect.Feb. 7, 2020. Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, unloaded from a cargo ship that docked at the port of Beirut in 2013, have been stored for the past seven years in warehouse 12.According to a Human Rights Watch’s investigation published a year after the explosion, an expert appointed by the enforcement department was finally allowed to enter the port. He sent his statement to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Ghassan Oueidat. The expert indicated that he was “shocked by the level of negligence inside the hangar,” and stated that “this material could pose a danger to public safety.”These findings made it, once...