Lebanon: Ex-economy minister arrested over embezzlement

Authorities in Lebanon on June 11th apprehended the country’s ex-economy minister over charges of embezzlement, forgery and misusing funding from the public, Al-Monitor reported.

The Court of Cassation’s Attorney General, Judge Jamal Hajjar, ordered the arrest of the ex-economy minister, Amin Salam, after three hours of questioning surrounding his purported complicity in forgery, agreeing to suspicious contracts and the embezzlement of funding.

The case concerning Salam’s arrest is separate to another probe which involves Salam, concerning accusations such as illicit enrichment. Since March, the former economy minister has been under investigation.

Al-Monitor