The Families of the Victims of the August 4 port explosion issued a statement on Sunday condemning “the inclusion of item 26 on the Cabinet's agenda scheduled for Monday, December 2, 2024, which involves reviewing the legal and professional status of suspect Hani Hajj Shehade, possibly paving the way for his reinstatement to his position.”
“This is absolutely unacceptable and must not be allowed to pass, especially that he is one of the accused in the largest crimes and was released illegally,” the statement said.
“Rampant corruption and its persistence have become unbearable and unacceptable,” the statement added.
Hani Hajj Shehade, a member of the Higher Council of Customs and the former Beirut Customs Regional Director, was charged, like the other detainees in the August 4 Beirut port explosion case, with felony, probable intent to commit murder, misdemeanor, negligence and dereliction of duty.
The families of August 4 victims stressed that “after the war and the declared ceasefire, there is no longer any exceptional circumstance that prevents the judiciary from continuing the legal procedures and completing the investigations in order to issue the indictment in what has been termed the crime of the century.”
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