Saqr after Examination Proved Tapes Original: I'm Pursuing Legal Action and Accusers Must Get Death Penalty
Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Oqab Saqr said on Saturday that he will file a lawsuit against “all those who were involved in forging recordings of phone conversations between him and members of the Syrian opposition”.
Saqr told Future TV: “Those who accused me of manipulating these tape should get the same penalization they demanded I receive and which is death penalty”.
The MP's statement came after a report that aired on al-Jadeed TV on Friday revealed that the audios played by Saqr during a press conference he held in Istanbul are not forged.
The TV channel had sent these tapes to Audio Forestec Services, a British company that specializes in audio detection, to examine whether they have been manipulated or not.
“The results of the testing revealed that these tapes are not forged but are original copies,” al-Jadeed reported.
“The company's judgment means that the audiotapes played on other media channels have in fact been altered,” the MP expressed.
OTV and al-Akhbar newspaper, both close to the Hizbullah-led March 8 majority coalition, broadcast and printed a three-part series of recordings in which the lawmaker allegedly discussed arrangements to ship arms supplies to the Syrian opposition.
Saqr held a press conference in Istanbul as a response, challenging the Syrian government and his Lebanese foes to prove that he was indeed providing rebels with weapons.
During the press conference, Saqr said the audiotapes were stolen from two computers and only partially broadcast.
The MP broadcast instead several of the original tapes. In one of them he told a rebel identified as Abu Nehman that he supported the Syrian revolution but did not provide arms to the rebels after the man asked for “iron.”
Saqr said he was negotiating with Abu Nehman the release of the remaining Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria's Aazaz but OTV and al-Akhbar cut the recordings to accuse him that he was striking an arms deal.
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