Judicial Sources: Saqr Hasn't yet Sent Audiotapes to Prosecutor's Office
The General Prosecution hasn't been handed copies of recordings that al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Oqab Saqr claimed he sent to Judge Hatem Madi's office, high-ranking judicial sources said Friday.
The sources told An Nahar daily that General Prosecutor Madi hasn't received the three-part series of the recordings in which the lawmaker allegedly discussed arrangements with a Syrian rebel to ship arms supplies to the opposition.
But the sources said they will be analyzed to take the appropriate legal measure.
Saqr denied the accusations during a press conference he held in Istanbul on Thursday, saying the audiotapes that were broadcast and printed by OTV and al-Akhbar newspaper, both close to the Hizbullah-led March 8 majority coalition, were doctored.
He instead played what he said were the original audiotapes.
Mockingly, he told reporters: “We distribute milk for Syria's children,” and not arms as the media outlets have claimed.
In their remarks to An Nahar, the judicial sources expected some developments after Madi tasked the Central Criminal Investigations Bureau to ask for the recordings and examine them.
Saqr challenged the judiciary and his foes to take them to any laboratory in the world to verify their authenticity.
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