Jailed officer sues ex-UN investigator in Hariri murder probe

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BEIRUT (AFP) — A former Lebanese security chief detained over the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is suing a former UN investigator in the case, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

General Jamil Sayyed, the former head of the general security department, filed the lawsuit in France against Detlev Mehlis, attorney Akram Azouri told reporters.

Sayyed is among four officers, who are believed to be close to Syria, who are in custody in Lebanon over the February 2005 assassination of Hariri in a massive Beirut car bombing.

"Jamil Sayyed's lawyers in France have filed the lawsuit against Mehlis for distorting the investigation and calling false witnesses," Azouri told a news conference.

Sayyed and the other officers -- former presidential guard chief Mustafa...

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