Salameh case: Arrest warrants in absentia against Tueni and Issa al-Khoury

Micky Tueni and Marwan Issa al-Khoury, the two lawyers implicated in the case of $44 million in bank transfers from the Banque du Liban’s (BDL) "consultation account" to private accounts, are now subject to arrest warrants in absentia. The warrants were issued Thursday by Beirut’s interim first investigative judge, Bilal Halawi. Read more Behind Riad Salameh’s case, a ‘black box’ could rock BDL Halawi acted in accordance with a decision issued on Feb. 20 by Beirut’s Indictment Chamber, which annulled his Feb. 12 ruling that had replaced their arrest with financial bail payments and a two-month travel ban. In the same ruling, the chamber issued a contradictory arrest warrant against them, following an appeal by the financial prosecutor’s office, which deemed the judicial measures taken by Judge Halawi...