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Fraud at LU law faculty: Director, secretary general, journalist referred to criminal court

The defendants must appear in custody at the final hearing of their trial. If found guilty, they will stay in detention; if acquitted, they will be freed.

Fraud at LU law faculty: Director, secretary general, journalist referred to criminal court

The Lebanese University campus in Hadath. (Credit: Mohammed Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Ten people were referred to the Mount Lebanon Criminal Court in the major grade falsification case at the Lebanese University (LU) Faculty of Law and Political Science (Branch 1) in Hadath.They include six university employees, including the director and secretary general, Mojtaba Mortada and Tarek Bakri, as well as four students, including journalist Fadi Abu Dayya.The Mount Lebanon Indictment Chamber, chaired by Dora al-Khazen, upheld the decision of the first investigative judge, Nada Asmar. More on the Lebanese University Lebanese University to hold student elections on March 27 In December, the latter had charged the defendants with “falsifying the exam results at the LU, forgery and use of forged documents, and destruction and concealment of official documents,” following proceedings initiated two months earlier by the Mount...
Ten people were referred to the Mount Lebanon Criminal Court in the major grade falsification case at the Lebanese University (LU) Faculty of Law and Political Science (Branch 1) in Hadath.They include six university employees, including the director and secretary general, Mojtaba Mortada and Tarek Bakri, as well as four students, including journalist Fadi Abu Dayya.The Mount Lebanon Indictment Chamber, chaired by Dora al-Khazen, upheld the decision of the first investigative judge, Nada Asmar. More on the Lebanese University Lebanese University to hold student elections on March 27 In December, the latter had charged the defendants with “falsifying the exam results at the LU, forgery and use of forged documents, and destruction and concealment of official documents,” following proceedings initiated two months earlier by the...