Lebnaon’s STL investigation chief ends contract in Feb.2010

The Office of Daniel Bellemare, Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced that its Chief of Investigation Naguib Kaldas , an Egyptian-Australian will be departing the Special Tribunal at the end of his contract on February 28, 2010 to return to Australia, where he will resume his duties as Deputy Commissioner of the New South Wales Police.

Kaldas who signed one year contract with the intention of to go back to his post in Australia said : : “I am leaving with the same sense of optimism that the Prosecutor has expressed about the progress we’ve made and continue to make in the investigation and I am confident that the team of professionals I am leaving behind will get the job done.”