Libyan Leader Summoned To Beirut Court

Examining Magistrate Samih al-Hajj on Tuesday decided to summon Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafy to a court hearing in Beirut scheduled for April, It was officially reported.

 

The state-Run National News Agency, in a terse report, said al-Hajj also decided to notify Ghaddafy of the subpoena by posting it at the main entrance to the justice ministry compound in Beirut, better known as the Justice Palace.

 

The Libyan leader is required to report to the Lebanese court in connection with his alleged role in the 1978 mysterious disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadre, chairman of Lebanon”s higher Shiite Islamic Council, while on a visit to Libya.

 

In case Ghaddafy failed to report on schedule, an arrest warrant would be issued in absentia in line with Lebanon”s criminal law, the report added without further elaboration.