Lebanese security sources revealed Tuesday the UN probe has sent requests to Speaker Nabih Berri "to interrogate and possibly detain two current MPs after lifting their immunity." The sources added that there will be a large wave of "questioning officials and detaining others, most probably those whose names were included in Mehlis' report. But this will happen after the Eid al-Fitr, which is when the joint international-Lebanese investigations will resume."Shortly before Mehlis' arrival, local Arabic daily An-Nahar said a Syrian prisoner held in Tibnin jail in South Lebanon for a theft felony was brought by Lebanon's elite Internal Security Forces, "The Black Panthers", to the UN probe's headquarters in Montverde. The prisoner was identified as Nidal Hikmat Soljok.
| Hmmm... Yasss... The infamous Notary Soljok... |
Judicial sources said some Lebanese investigating magistrates and the State Prosecutor met with UN investigators Tuesday and exchanged documents. Also on Tuesday, Investigating Magistrate Elias Eid listened to the deposition of two witnesses in the Hariri case. The witnesses' names were not disclosed.