Security Forces Thwart Alleged Plot to Kill Samaha
Police have thwarted a plot to kill former pro-Syrian Information Minister Michel Samaha who has been indicted in a series of terrorist plots, security sources said Monday.
The sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper that the military prosecutor had recently granted Samaha the right to be transferred to hospital for medical reasons.
But the prosecutor later lifted his decision under the orders of General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud and Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi.
Both Hammoud and Rifi interfered in the case after security forces received information that Samaha could be killed during the transfer for having dangerous information on the Syrian regime, the sources said.
The officials agreed that Samaha would be hospitalized only if his medical condition has deteriorated and if the agency tasked with the transfer has provided ultimate security to the convoy.
The former minister and two Syrian officials have been indicted for transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon in an attempt to assassinate Lebanese political and religious leaders.
But his trial has been adjourned on several occasions over the failure to summon Syrian security chief General Ali Mamlouk.
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