The enormous amount of dust generated by the partial collapse of silos at the port of Beirut. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
As part of the probe into the Aug 4, 2020, Beirut Port explosions, three General Security officers, whom lead investigative judge Tarek Bitar targeted in legal proceedings in January, appeared before him on Tuesday.Bitar resumed hearings on Feb. 7 and 12 after a three-year suspension due to legal and political obstacles set up by officials implicated in the investigation.Retired General Munah Sawaya, former head of General Security’s information office, appeared alone, without legal representation. His interrogation lasted more than two hours.Similarly, General Najm Ahmadiyeh, who remains in active service and was head of General Security’s office at the Beirut port in 2014 — when the ammonium nitrate responsible for the explosion was unloaded and stored in Warehouse 12 — was questioned in the presence of his lawyer.Several lawyers from...
As part of the probe into the Aug 4, 2020, Beirut Port explosions, three General Security officers, whom lead investigative judge Tarek Bitar targeted in legal proceedings in January, appeared before him on Tuesday.Bitar resumed hearings on Feb. 7 and 12 after a three-year suspension due to legal and political obstacles set up by officials implicated in the investigation.Retired General Munah Sawaya, former head of General Security’s information office, appeared alone, without legal representation. His interrogation lasted more than two hours.Similarly, General Najm Ahmadiyeh, who remains in active service and was head of General Security’s office at the Beirut port in 2014 — when the ammonium nitrate responsible for the explosion was unloaded and stored in Warehouse 12 — was questioned in the presence of his lawyer.Several...
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