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While the British counter-terrorism police are investigating that witnesses and plaintiffs in the Qatar terror financing case have been intimidated by Qatari officials, and the High Court in London has been notified of this, new details have been revealed. .
The British newspaper “The Times” revealed that the British Supreme Court heard the arguments of the lawyers, which included witness statements, and confirmed that Qatar was involved in a criminal plot to deceive the British justice through bribery, intimidation of witnesses , the placement of illegal tracking devices and the spread of corruption.
It stated that the plea of lawyer Ben Emerson, appointed by 4 of the 8 plaintiffs, indicated that these criminal practices were carried out with the aim of trying to cover up and protect the Emir of Qatar from judicial responsibility for committing terrorist financing crimes during the Syrian crisis.
In front of Al Nosra
It should be noted that the plaintiffs, whose names were not disclosed, revealed that they fled to the Netherlands after the Al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda’s arm in Syria), which controlled parts of northern Syria, destroyed their lives and homes.
They also added that they are suing the Bank of Doha because it was used to transfer money to the terrorist group, which is a banned organization in the UK. None of the eight claimants have been identified.
Bribery, threats and espionage
Furthermore, one of the main witnesses in the case of Qatari financing of the terrorist Al-Nusra Front claimed that two armed and masked men infiltrated his home at night, where offers of “great wealth” were presented to persuade the witnesses to reveal the identity of the plaintiffs, who are entitled to protection and immunity from UK security and judicial authorities.
The statements included that a surveillance device was also found to have been illegally placed on a witness’s car when it was intercepted by police in another country.
The Scotland Yard Counter-Terrorism Command has been informed that it is taking legal action to initiate a criminal investigation into these crimes.
Members of the Al-Nusra Front in northern Syria (France Press)
Crimes of torture and terrorism
The Times revealed last year that eight Syrian refugees had filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to demand compensation for the torture and terrorist crimes to which they were subjected at the hands of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front in Syria.
The lawsuit documents included evidence and evidence that two wealthy Qatari brothers, Moataz and Ramiz Al-Khayyat, used their Doha Bank accounts to transfer huge sums of money to the Al-Nusra Front during the Syrian war, allegations that Doha Bank denies.
Obstruction of Doha court proceedings
A hearing was scheduled for next week to determine whether the case should be heard in court in Britain or Qatar, as the defense lawyer for the Doha Bank stated. The court issued its decision to postpone the sessions until February to provide further evidence about Qatar’s attempts to “obstruct the proceedings” and impede the course of justice.
For his part, Emerson said in his argument before the Supreme Court that “the administration of public justice in Great Britain is being threatened by an act of hostility towards a foreign country”, describing what Doha has committed as “one of the most conspiracies dangerous to spoil the course of justice “to an unimaginable degree, warning the chapters of that conspiracy. Continuing “until now (when he speaks)”.
He added: “Evidence indicates that the State of Qatar is involved and engaged in an ongoing campaign that sends many people to multiple locations over a long period of time, with the aim of spoiling the course of public justice in this case, intimidate witnesses and intimidate prosecutors into recanting (their accusations). “
334 plaintiffs against Qatar
The court was informed that four of the eight original plaintiffs, all of whom were granted the right to remain anonymous, withdrew from the case, stating that they took this step due to concerns about their safety, but at the same time there are others. 330 claimants, the majority of whom reside in the UK. They seek to join the case and press the same accusations.
“The accusations in this case are that the Qatari state itself is responsible for financing the Al-Nusra Front, and it did so through an intermediary, the first two defendants (the Khayyat brothers) and the companies that they also own. from their accounts at the Bank of Doha, “Emerson’s lawyer said.
Court decision to postpone
On the other hand, the defense attorney for the Bank of Doha, Sonia Tolani, stated that the Bank of Doha is not under the control of Qatar and has not been involved in the alleged conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Tolani argued that what was mentioned about the intimidation of witnesses are only accusations used to buy more time for the plaintiffs to prepare the case, citing that the British police had not been informed of these incidents until this last stage. He added that the Doha Bank would suffer “significant bias” if the case was postponed.
Commenting on the description of the Khayat brothers by Emerson’s plaintiffs’ attorneys as “the main cover-up for terror money in Qatar,” a spokesman for the Khayyat brothers said that they “deny all these bizarre, unfounded allegations and completely false “.
