Conflict Incident Report

Lebanon's Judicial Police detained a woman impersonating a judge and claiming to be the adviser of Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi for "humanitarian" reasons, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Monday. Therese Aa. reportedly identified herself to Criminal Judge in Baabda Sandra Khoury as Rifi's adviser and a real estate judge in Zahle with the aim of persuading her to release her uncle from custody. The offender promised the judge to convince Rifi to transfer her to the Beirut Justice Palace and to fix her office's decor in return. However, Khoury wasn't convinced by the suspect's charade, which prompted her to make a series of phone calls to verify the identity of her visitor. Khoury, according to the report, was informed by Zahle Justice Palace, Beirut Justice Palace and the Ministry of Justice that there is no such person known as Judge Aa. The Judicial Police were swiftly informed about the incident and detained the offender. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-18/332506-lebanon...