Abdul Latif Fneish Appoints Salameh as his Defense Attorney
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Abdul Latif Fneish, who has received arrest warrants for involvement in an illegal medications scandal in November, has appointed lawyer Rashad Salameh as his defense attorney, the pan-Arab al-Hayat daily quoted Salameh as saying on Friday.
Fneish, the brother of Minister of State for Administrative Reform Mohammad Fneish, will be tried for forging certificates of laboratory tests, media reports said.
Salameh asked General Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi to set an early date for his client's appearance in court, the daily added.
Madi issued in November a search and investigative warrant in absentia against two people, including Fneish over the illegal medications case.
According to reports, the warrant also included the name of Fouad Ahmed Wehbeh over links to forging certificates of laboratory tests and illegally importing medications.
Salameh has previously defended the former Lebanese Army officer and politician Fayez Karam who was convicted of passing information to Israel.
Moreover, Salameh was appointed recently on Syria's behalf to prosecute former Premier Saad Hariri, al-Mustaqbal MP Oqab Saqr, and Syrian opposition member Louay al-Meqdad, on behalf of the Syrian state for allegedly arming the Syrian revolution.
14 December 2012, 07:35
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oh surprise! :) the same traitor appointed by the Syrian regime :)
14 December 2012, 07:37
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What a shock, same guy that is representing Syria and Fayez Karam is representing a hizbulla crook.
Some things never change.....
14 December 2012, 08:01
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He's an attorney and that's what attorneys do for a living. Even the worst criminal has within due process, the right to be heard in court. Justice is best served and truly upheld when one is given a fair chance to defend oneself no matter the accusations. That's what differentiates democracies that uphold the rule of law from unjust dictatorships. The worst serial killers in the US got a fair trial and were represented by a criminal defense attorney.
14 December 2012, 14:10
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The US judicial system is based on common law and jurisprudence, whereas penal/crminal code in Lebanon originate from statutory/regulatory laws.
Jurisprudence is loaded by bureaucracies and unnecessary expenditures; this thug must be denied his right of habeas corpus, for he went beyond abuse to dare and take advantage of people whose health might have depended on the medecins! Imagine the amount of torts in monetary terms that even the Lebanese gov is somehow responsible for oversight.High court needs to reject Salameh as a defense attorney based on conflict of interest. There exist numerous legal tools that courts can use to outmaneuver fneish, their whole tribe, and whomever tags along...If the punishment fits the crime, then perpetual incarceration is not sufficient; death by hanging would be...
14 December 2012, 08:27
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the worst is that this guy will have to pay a bail ... look at it , a loyal to FPM caught spying to Israel served less then 2 years while it is a major crime and death penalty or life sentence should be the punishment ... how about a loyal to the resistance ? i would say 300.000LL or 200$ in case he wants to pay in $ :)
14 December 2012, 10:10
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he was not caught nor charged for "spying". he was charged for having had unauthorized contacts with israeli officials.
14 December 2012, 10:13
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and by the way, fneish had been doing his dirty business for years. under which government was he stopped? use your head for a second, he managed to get away with it for years under m14 governments, but it's under a m8 gov that he was nailed.
14 December 2012, 10:34
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Oye, governments don't stop criminals. Police, army and judges put them behind bars. Not ministers, MPs, or presidents my dear.
14 December 2012, 11:27
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hahahaha hello guys we're in lebanon, no big shot can go down without the higher political figures' backing.
look at antoun sehnaoui, he had his men open fire in a nightclub, killing and wounding people including innocent bystanders, fled the country the same night and came back a few weeks later after this m14 friends covered up his case.
14 December 2012, 16:02
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jabal i'd never defend a traitor, i'm just stating the facts, and as much as i wished he serve a much longer sentence, his case is often used by m14 to tarnish FPM while much more serious cases are never mentioned, those for instance:
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=37936&cid=23&fromval=1&frid=23&seccatid=14&s1=1
14 December 2012, 08:53
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All terrorists belonging to the same group. Class A terrorists.
14 December 2012, 09:28
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Justice should be served. Some people will have irreparable skin damage all over their bodies because of these medications.
14 December 2012, 11:23
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I am afraid that the Lebanese judicial will have to extend its arms going all the way from Lebanon to Latin America and Africa where this drugs mafia is also heavily involved and for years now. What we have here is only the tiny tip of the iceberg.
15 December 2012, 00:43
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jabalamel, you lowered the bar so far with you comments, you instantly made all other commentators sound smarter.
14 December 2012, 12:33
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Wow this salameh guy is on a roll ha?... I wonder which lawyer is gona represent him tho...
14 December 2012, 14:14
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this all huzzy fuzzy to calm the public a little bit, after one month when people forget he will be out of it as he 4 sure belongs to "ashraf el nas"...hehehehehe
14 December 2012, 14:40
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Impressive... this salameh character is building quite a resumé...
14 December 2012, 15:42
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Hizbala and M8 cronies defending one of their own....filthy hizbala farsi zionist....
