Syria’s Lebanese attorney files lawsuit against M14 MP Sakr

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Lebanese attorney Rashad Salameh filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a Beirut court against MP Okab Sakr, accusing him of “acts of terror,” including jeopardizing Syria’s security.

Salameh who was is representing the Syrian regime in this legal case submitted the lawsuit to Prosecutor Hatem Madi’s office.

In the lawsuit Salameh accused Sakr, and accomplices, of “jeopardizing Syria’s homeland security, financing terrorist groups, carrying out terror acts and inciting murder.”

March 14 MP Sakr, a key member in former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Future parliamentary bloc, has been at the center of allegations of arming and funding Syrian rebels on behalf of Hariri.

Last week, Syria issued warrants for Hariri, Sakr and Free Syrian Army media coordinator Louay Meqdad claiming that they provided weapons and funds to “terrorist groups” in Syria.

Medal of honor

Sakr described last Wednesday the Syrian arrest warrants as a “medal of honor”.

Pro Syrian media in Lebanon like the Al Akhbar newspaper and OTV newspaper recently leaked recordings of conversation between MP Sakr and Free Syrian Army official al-Meqdad to prove his involvement in arming of the Syrian opposition.

Sakr said last week that the arrest warrants prove that the Assad regime “forged the recordings.”

Sakr also accused OTV and al-Akhbar of tampering with the audiotapes and saying that he will file a lawsuit against them.

Sakr has insisted he was providing Syrians with humanitarian aid.

Interpol rejected arrest warrants

The Interpol rejected the Syrian arrest warrants against Hariri, Sakr and Meqdad in line with its constitution and rules, according to a report by al-Mustaqbal newspaper last Wednesday.

Interpol reportedly sent a memo to its offices in the Arab countries in which the organization said it has decided not to keep the arrest warrants in its database and will not cooperate with them based on its regulations as “it is strictly forbidden for the organization to undertake any intervention or activities of political, military, religious or racial character.”

Interpol pointed out that the request doesn’t comply with its regulations based on “the nature of the charges, the status of the wanted individuals and the current situation in Syria.”

No connection to Phalange party

The Phalane Party which is headed by former president Amin Gemayel denied reports that Salameh is a member of the party.

“The relationship with Salameh was severed long time ago and there is absolutely no connection now between him and the Phalange party ” The media office of the phalange party announced in a statement on Tuesday

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  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Why would a Lebanese court even accept the lawsuit ??

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Why would a Lebanese court even accept the lawsuit ??

  3. Assad no longer represent the Syrian people, why anyone would cling to this murderers, is it time for Lebanon to free themselves from those people and get rid of HA once for all
    it take guts to do so, learn from the aspiration of the Syrian people, you cannot live in a country where there is two goverments anymore
    WAKE Lebanon

  4. Assad no longer represent the Syrian people, why anyone would cling to this murderers, is it time for Lebanon to free themselves from those people and get rid of HA once for all
    it take guts to do so, learn from the aspiration of the Syrian people, you cannot live in a country where there is two goverments anymore
    WAKE Lebanon

  5. Now we know why lebanons governing system is in dissoray. How can the lebanese govenment allow themselves to be dictated to by real terrorists  and scumbags.

  6. Now we know why lebanons governing system is in dissoray. How can the lebanese govenment allow themselves to be dictated to by real terrorists  and scumbags.

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