The Bustros Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Achrafieh. (Credit: NNA)
Two consecutive Lebanese ambassadors to Qatar, serving between 2003 and 2019, were indicted on Nov. 7 by Beirut Investigating Judge Assaad Bayram in a case of embezzlement within the embassy.The first, Hassan Saad, faces charges of embezzling public funds and professional negligence, while his successor, Hassan Najm, is suspected of professional negligence.The case traces back to September 2019, when a former accountant at the embassy, Ahmad Fawaz, was charged with forgery, the use of forged documents and allegedly embezzling $2 million, by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim. The charges against him eventually led Bayram to look into the two ambassadors he worked for.Embezzling public funds is punishable by up to three years in prison (Article 359 of the Penal Code), while failure to fulfill official duties can result in up to two years of...
Two consecutive Lebanese ambassadors to Qatar, serving between 2003 and 2019, were indicted on Nov. 7 by Beirut Investigating Judge Assaad Bayram in a case of embezzlement within the embassy.The first, Hassan Saad, faces charges of embezzling public funds and professional negligence, while his successor, Hassan Najm, is suspected of professional negligence.The case traces back to September 2019, when a former accountant at the embassy, Ahmad Fawaz, was charged with forgery, the use of forged documents and allegedly embezzling $2 million, by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim. The charges against him eventually led Bayram to look into the two ambassadors he worked for.Embezzling public funds is punishable by up to three years in prison (Article 359 of the Penal Code), while failure to fulfill official duties can result in up to two years...
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