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Military Tribunal adjourns Samaha’s trial until June 15

05-12-2014 | 07:11

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Military Tribunal adjourns Samaha’s trial until June 15

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Lebanon’s Military Tribunal postponed on Friday the trial of former minister Michel Samaha and his accomplice, Syria’s national security chief GeneralAli Mamlouk, over charges of plotting assassinations and terrorist attacks in Lebanon.

The sources said the court decided to adjourn the trial until June 15, 2015, after Mamlouk failed to report to the tribunal.

They said Mamlouk was not officially informed about the date of the hearing and that a notification paper for the new date would be sent to him through LibanPost.

Former information minister Samaha, and Mamlouk face charges of "transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon in an attempt to assassinate political and religious figures."

If convicted, they face the death penalty.

The Lebanese judiciary issued an arrest warrant against Mamlouk and sent Syria a formal notification of the warrant and charges, but received no response so far.

In case of a non-response, Lebanese law allows for the trial against Samaha to continue with Mamlouk being tried in absentia, but the court has not taken such a procedure thus far.

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