During a move once morest the Banque du Liban (Hussein Beydoun / Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)
Today, Thursday, the first investigative judge in Mount Lebanon, Nicolas Mansour, issued an arrest warrant once morest the brother of the Governor of the Banque du Liban, Raja Salameh, following Judge Ghada Aoun had accused him of crimes of money laundering, illegal enrichment and waste. Public money And referred him to him following her decision to arrest him.
Judge Mansour Hakim also summoned Consumption of Lebanon Riad Salameh to an investigation hearing next Thursday, March 31.
In conjunction with Judge Mansour Raja Salama’s interrogation, information was leaked from his legal department that a decision was issued to release him, which was confirmed by the “Pioneers of Justice” group, which announced in a statement that “the first investigative judge declined to issue an arrest warrant in person.” really safetyAnd the group will appeal once morest this, and by preventing its lawyer from attending the interrogation session in violation of the law, in which the criminal description may change from a criminal to a misdemeanor.”
Hence, “Pioneers of Justice” clarified that “there were contradictory leaks from within the judge’s office himself, and what happened happened, and the reason was that lawyers from the “Pioneers of Justice” were prevented from entering.”
Coordinator of the Legal Department of the “Pioneers of Justice” group, Lawyer Haitham Ezzo, said, “What happened today of a strange legal violation by preventing the department’s lawyer who took the capacity of personal prosecution on the minutes of the preliminary investigation with the Public Prosecution once morest Raja Salama constitutes a very large legal loophole in the investigation conducted by the investigative judge. Nicholas Mansour, which makes his investigation and his decision to leave, if it happened, subject to invalidation by the indictment.
Ezzo indicated that Al-Ain will be on Thursday to attend the governor himself, who is awaiting either an arrest warrant in person or in absentia in case of default.
Judge Aoun had issued a decision to place a prohibition sign on all real estate properties belonging to Raja Salama, in order to preserve the rights of the public treasury that were proven to be wasted as a result of the preliminary investigations she conducted in the complaint submitted by the legal department of the “Pioneers of Justice” group.
After issuing the decision to arrest Raja Salameh, Judge Aoun revealed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that it had been proven to her that there were several apartments for Riad Salameh in France worth regarding $12 million, and in the process he used the name of his brother Raja as a pseudonym.
