ISF Storms Former MP Samaha Houses, Arrest Him
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Former Lebanese MP and minister Michel Samaha was arrested Thursday morning in his home in Beirut.
Lebanon's Ministry of Information authorized the arrest, with units from the Internal Security Forces storming Samaha's apartment in the Achrafieh district of Beirut early Thursday.
Police then moved to Samaha's residence in Kenshara, in Mount Lebanon, where they conducted an extensive search of the property.
Prime Minister Naijb Mikati said the General Prosecutor ordered the arrest, adding the warrant was "for security reasons."
Mikati added that the arrest was "irrelevant to the STL (Special Tribunal for Lebanon) or to collaborating with "Israel"," without elaborating.
Samaha has been taken to the Information Division Branch in Achrafieh for interrogation.
Samaha, 64, was taken from his Khanshara home at 2 a.m., the souces added.
"He was in his pajamas," his wife said.
An investigation is ongoing, with the judiciary to make a final decision once it has examined the necessary "facts," Mikati said.
Samaha served as Lebanon's Minister of Information in the 1990s and between 2003-2004.
Moreover, the security members arrested the former ministers Secretary, his personal driver, and two of his bodyguards.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
Former Lebanese MP and minister Michel Samaha was arrested Thursday morning in his home in Beirut.
Lebanon's Ministry of Information authorized the arrest, with units from the Internal Security Forces storming Samaha's apartment in the Achrafieh district of Beirut early Thursday.
Police then moved to Samaha's residence in Kenshara, in Mount Lebanon, where they conducted an extensive search of the property.Prime Minister Naijb Mikati said the General Prosecutor ordered the arrest, adding the warrant was "for security reasons."
Mikati added that the arrest was "irrelevant to the STL (Special Tribunal for Lebanon) or to collaborating with "Israel"," without elaborating.
Samaha has been taken to the Information Division Branch in Achrafieh for interrogation.
Samaha, 64, was taken from his Khanshara home at 2 a.m., the souces added.
"He was in his pajamas," his wife said.
An investigation is ongoing, with the judiciary to make a final decision once it has examined the necessary "facts," Mikati said.
Samaha served as Lebanon's Minister of Information in the 1990s and between 2003-2004.
Moreover, the security members arrested the former ministers Secretary, his personal driver, and two of his bodyguards.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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