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The judicial investigator of the Beirut port bombing case, Judge Fadi Sawan, continues to listen to testimonies from witnesses. Today, you recorded the statements of 4 of them, and it is assumed that you will complete these procedures within the next week.
In the same context, the Supreme Judicial Council issued a statement explaining to the public opinion the procedures and investigations based on Sawan’s opinion, “to the extent permitted by law and in a manner that does not contradict the binding principle of confidentiality of the investigations”. The statement presented the legal and judicial context in progress for the file of the attack of August 4, beginning with the preliminary inquiries carried out under the supervision of the Attorney General of Cassation, Judge Ghassan Oweidat, and the Government Commissioner before the Military Court, Judge Fadi Akiki. In the communiqué issued by the Council, the Council presided over the main stages for the development of the investigations, among which the following stand out:
– On 10/8/2020, the Public Ministry of the Court of Cassation issued a statement in which it presented the pattern and scientific method that it adopted in its approach to the case.
Investigations carried out by the Public Ministry resulted in the prosecution of 25 suspects.
– On 11/8/2020, the Council of Ministers issued a decree to refer the case to the Judicial Council.
On 12/8/2020, the forensic investigator was appointed.
– On Friday 08/14/2020 the judicial investigator will be informed of the decision of his appointment.
– On Monday, 08/17/2020, the judicial investigator began investigations and interrogations upon receiving the file, according to an action plan aimed at achieving the desired results and achieving the desired justice as soon as possible, but without haste, based on impartiality. , professionalism and professionalism and without taking into account considerations or “red lines”. “Just do justice.
– To achieve this objective, the forensic investigator, who continues to carry out investigations and study the file and the documents and reports it contains on a daily basis, follows a methodology that is divided into the following two axes:
The first is to follow up the study of the crime scene and analyze all the data associated with it, whether in the field, laboratory or technically and technically, and carry out the necessary investigations in this regard, especially the use of international and local expertise to help technically determine all possible causes of the explosion. In this context, the judicial investigator issued several international authorizations, and the technical and laboratory reports of France, the United States and Great Britain are awaiting a response to these subpoenas, in order to determine the causes that motivated the explosion. It also granted local assignments to the Army Intelligence, the Military Police and the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces to achieve the same objective.
As for the second axis, and in parallel with the first axis, the development of interrogations and the issuance of arrest warrants continues when required – the number of detainees to date has reached 25, while the number of accused reached 28 – and listen to the witnesses, whose number has reached 31 to date, from the prime minister to ministers, judges and public directors. And heads of security agencies and others, in a way that helps define responsibilities, at all levels.
The statement issued by the Supreme Council of the Judiciary added that “the judicial investigator continues to carry out his work in accordance with the methodology presented and with impartiality and professionalism, he meets with the Supreme Council of the Judiciary in the promise he made, and in turn commits the Lebanese people to work to complete the investigations that it has undertaken in order to determine the responsibilities towards the perpetrators. “He concluded by noting that” all the procedures and actions carried out are aimed at achieving this objective, and if what takes time, they will lead to the desired result and achieve the desired justice. “
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