Judge Khoury Cleared of Breach of Duty in Port Case

Attorney General Judge Imad Qabalan on Tuesday issued a ruling on the memo referred to him by Beirut port blast investigative judge Tarek Bitar, who had asked the prosecution to determine whether Judge Ghassan Khoury had committed breach of duty in connection with the case.

“Judge Qabalan considered that the investigative judge’s memo was empty of any suspicion and that there is no evidence of a breach of duty,” the National News Agency said.

“Khoury’s role was limited to adding a ‘for archiving’ notice on a State Security report… which did not include the names of any suspects but rather called for taking measures to protect the material stored at the port to protect it from theft,” NNA added, explaining Qabalan’s decision.