An arrest warrant in absentia against the head of the Lebanese Olympic Committee for theft and forgery (Al-Akhbar)

“Where is Jan Hammam?” A question that worries the sports community, despite the fact that the interested parties have avoided delving into the details of the legal case against the most powerful man in the Lebanese sports field, since the issuance of an arrest warrant in absentia against him last November 4.

It is true that the complaint filed by the “Dima Marketing and Distribution Company SAL” The right of the president of the Lebanese Olympic Committee is not related to his functions in the sports field, but to his work as a financial manager for decades. However, many questions have started to arise on this issue, in which the politician and the journalist interfere with the athlete, which may have important implications for the upcoming Lebanese Olympic Committee elections after two months.

In detail, according to the newspaper “Al-Akhbar”, “Dima Marketing and Distribution SAL”, a company that deals with commercial business and sells goods, and commercial representative of many foreign companies in Lebanon, filed a criminal complaint in June 2018 before the Prosecutor’s Office for discrimination against Each of his former CFO Jan Hammam (he has held the position since 1983), the head of the accounting department, Wadih Saqr, and the head of the IT department, Essam Abu Jawdeh, committed theft crimes , forgery and counterfeit use registered under number 2018/3289. The company is pleading with the defendants for more than its value and interest of $ 30 million.

More than two years after filing the complaint, Hammam did not personally attend any investigative session, only his attorney Paul Kanaan, brother of MP Ibrahim Kanaan, did, leading some to wink from this angle to speak of political interference for paralyze the file and leave it both asleep in the drawers. Possible.