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In a statement issued by the Media Office, the Supreme Judicial Council presented the investigation process in the case of the bomb attack in the port of Beirut, announcing that the judicial investigator, Judge Fadi Sawan, verbally informed a diplomat of the British embassy that “Scotland Yard will not be able to respond to the Lebanese mandate for several weeks” and that “To date, no response has been received regarding the Lebanese delegation sent to the French authority.”
In the statement, Sawan emphasized that the investigation “is being carried out as quickly as possible but without haste, which requires precision and deliberation, in order to determine the causes that led to the explosion, and in the that every possibility remains possible until the entire investigation is completed. “
In what follows the text of the declaration:
“In response to the statement of 9/24/2020, by which the public was informed of what the judicial investigator, Judge Fadi Sawan, had done in the case of the Beirut port explosion that occurred on 4/8 / 2020, to the extent permitted by law, and why It does not contradict the binding principle of confidentiality of investigations, according to which the Lebanese people have agreed to work to complete the investigations in order to arrive at the determination of responsibilities appropriate against the perpetrators.
In accordance with the principle of transparency, so as to ensure compatibility between the horror of the explosion that occurred and the catastrophic results it generated, and the binding legal provisions that maintain the principle of confidentiality of investigations, and the concern that the citizens are informed of their trajectory within the legally permissible limits,
It is important that the forensic investigator emphasizes in the first place that the investigation is carried out as quickly as possible but without haste, with the required precision and deliberation, with the aim of determining the causes that led to the explosion, and in which all possibility remains possible until the completion of all the investigation, especially in the related part. With the technical reports, in which Lebanese judicial assignments were arranged to the American, French and British authorities.
– Monitoring of investigations on the route of the RHUSOS vessel, from the point of departure to the final destination, and the origin of its cargo and the identity of its owner, as well as the identity of the owner of the materials in which it was shipped. Investigations carried out in this context have, to date, resulted in the issuance of arrest warrants in absentia against several individuals.
– 26 personal plaintiffs were heard, who requested to join the public law lawsuit initiated by the Public Ministry of Cassation, and the Beirut Bar Association filed some 681 complaints, according to which those affected by the Beirut port explosion assumed the character of a personal persecution according to public demand. Listen to all of them or their agents according to the rules.
– 3 defendants were detained in absentia, in addition to the 25 who were detained in front of the file, and the number of witnesses heard to date reached 51 witnesses.
– Locally organized laboratory and technical reports were deposited, and the judicial investigator sent confirmation letters to the embassies of France, United States and Great Britain, urging them to deposit the required reports as soon as possible, and received on 10/12/2020 the final technical and laboratory report organized by the US FBI.
– On November 5, 2020, a meeting was held between the judicial investigator and the deputy military attaché of the British embassy in Lebanon, who verbally informed him that Scotland Yard could not respond to the Lebanese mandate several weeks ago. A meeting was also held with the British ambassador to expedite the process. Execution of the Lebanese mandate.
– To date, no response has been received regarding the Lebanese mandate granted to the French side, and there was a telephone conversation in this regard with the two French judges in charge of the French criminal investigation of the matter, and it was agreed that the French response to the delegation Lebanese should be received as soon as possible.
The judicial investigator reiterates his affirmation that he continues to carry out his work with impartiality and professionalism, in order to reach the culmination of the investigations he has carried out and determine the responsibilities towards the perpetrators, pointing out that all the investigations, procedures and actions that performs aim to achieve this goal.
Source: National Information Agency
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