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Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for the second time pending new complaints filed at the Court of Cassation against Judge Bitar

Date: 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

The Beirut port blast investigation has been suspended again pending new complaints filed at the Court of Cassation against Judge Tarek Bitar by sitting MPs and former Ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter, a judicial source told L’Orient Today. Judge Tarek Bitar was officially notified of the new complaints filed by Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter on Tuesday, forcing a stoppage to his probe until the court rules on whether to remove Bitar from the investigation or dismiss the complaint.

تبلغ القاضي بيطار دعوى الرد الجديدة المقدمة ضده من وكلاء خليل والنائب غازي زعيتر، ما استدعى تعليق التحقيق ووقف كل الجلسات، الى أن تبت محكمة التمييز المدنية برئاسة القاضي ناجي عيد بقبول هذه الدعوى أو رفضها، على ما افاد مندوب "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام".

Acting Bodies: 
Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…)
Type: 
Judicial Decisions
Categories: 
Security
Impact: 
National
Status: 
Other / NA
Civil Society Response: 
Contested