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To extend / Beirut: Judge Fadi Sawan, the Lebanese judicial investigator in the Beirut port bombing case, postponed the questioning of the two former ministers, Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zuaiter, until January 4.
The Lebanese News Agency said on Wednesday that the reason for the decision was the absence of the two ministers from the session that was scheduled for Wednesday, and the absence of an official response indicating that they had received the notification notes.
According to the agency, Judge Sawan heard the testimony of former Lebanese Army Chief of Staff, Major General Walid Salman, as a witness. He also claimed that the management and investment of the port of Beirut in the person of its president and directors committed crimes of negligence and negligence, and caused the death of innocent people, according to an article of the Penal Code that speaks of The moral responsibility of management the actions of its managers and employees.
According to the agency, the judicial investigator will question the general director of the port, Hassan Quraitem, who was arrested, in a session to be determined later.
A devastating explosion hit the port of Beirut, leaving more than 200 dead, 6,000 injured and massive damage to the port and many buildings, and displaced some 300,000 people.
Last Thursday, the judicial investigator indicted Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab, former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, and former Public Works Ministers Ghazi Zaiter and Youssef Fenianos, on charges of negligence and negligence.
