Report: Judge Saqr to Reopen Investigations in the Zaarour File

Sources close to the State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr stressed on Thursday that the judge will not let any pressure to control the path of investigations that he is leading with regard to the illegal internet stations and the latest incidents that took place at the Zaarour station.

“Saqr will not be affected by the political and media hype accompanying the overall work of the judiciary. He will not allow pressure from anyone to control the path of the investigations into the two files he is handling,” a source close to the judge told As Safir daily.

The source added on condition of anonymity that Saqr is leading investigations in the illegal internet network file to find if there are any links between the stations and Israel, in addition to what happened in Zaarour when a group from Ogero was inspecting the equipment and devices in cooperation with the security forces.

The source pointed to some political considerations that are trying to overwhelm the judicial standards. He affirmed that judge Saqr will not allow that to affect his course of work and that he continues his efforts as dictated by his convictions.

Investigations conducted so far on whether any contacts with the Israeli enemy were made through the internet stations have shown that none have occurred based on data from the Army Intelligence Branch and the Information of the Internal Security Forces.

As for the Zaarour incident, the source pointed out that investigations were complete and did not record any assaults against the security members that have accompanied the Ogero telecommunication company team while they were inspecting the internet stations in the area.

In March, reports have said that an Ogero team headed to Zaarour, based on an order by the financial public prosecutor, in order to see if there are illegal internet equipment installed in the area.

Reports have said that several armed men have banned the team from carrying out its mission after finding some equipment that may have been illegally installed.

Based on the parliamentary media committee's request that has been discussing the file for some time now, Saqr will expand investigations into the case until all details are uncovered leaving no room for confusion or ambiguity with regard to the Zaarour issue.

Head of the committee MP Hassan Fadlallah had announced last week that four internet networks in the Dinnyieh highlands in north Lebanon, Ayoun al-Siman, Faqra and Zaarour in Mount Lebanon were found to be unlicensed and illegal.

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