Bellemare Back to Beirut
Daniel Bellemare, head of the U.N. commission investigating ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s assassination, arrived in Beirut Thursday night, As Safir daily reported.
Canadian prosecutor Bellemare will become the international tribunal”s prosecutor general when it starts operating in The Hague next month.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon confirmed in a statement Wednesday that it will open its doors on March 1.
Bellemare told An-Nahar daily last week that he has a period of two months from the day he assumes his task as public prosecutor to submit a request to the Lebanese public prosecutor for the transfer to The Hague of "everything related to the (investigation) file, including those in (Lebanese) custody."