Abdul Latif Fneish Appoints Salameh as his Defense Attorney
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.
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jabal habal you are a truly an idiot...
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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.....
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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.
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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...
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Look at how surprised I am! (blank face).
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All terrorists belonging to the same group. Class A terrorists.
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no actually you are class Z terrorist
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Justice should be served. Some people will have irreparable skin damage all over their bodies because of these medications.
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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.
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He will not serve one day.Just watch the charade
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Wow this salameh guy is on a roll ha?... I wonder which lawyer is gona represent him tho...
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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
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Impressive... this salameh character is building quite a resumé...
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the filthy zionist complain because karam is released after 2 years.
that's probably because he tipped off more of your agents
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that is spying. do not defend karam just because he is m8
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the filthy zionist scum is afraid
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jabalamel, you lowered the bar so far with you comments, you instantly made all other commentators sound smarter.
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hahahahaha damn u r right
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excuses excuses...bravo...
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Hizbala and M8 cronies defending one of their own....filthy hizbala farsi zionist....
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filth begets filth
oh surprise! :) the same traitor appointed by the Syrian regime :)