Army Denies Officer Arrested in Brazil
The Lebanese army command denied reports that an army officer was arrested at Sao Paolo airport while trying to smuggle money intended to urge Lebanese expatriates to vote for his relative during the upcoming parliamentary elections.
"A television channel and a website quoted an MP as saying that Brazilian police arrested an army officer at Sao Paulo airport while trying to bring (into the country) a certain amount of money to cover the travel expenses of Lebanese expatriates" to participate in the elections and vote for one of his relatives, the army command said in a communiqué on Saturday.
The command denied the report and stressed that the officer hasn”t made a visit to Brazil since last March and hasn”t paid money for elections purposes.
The communiqué reiterated that media outlets should be objective and "get the right information from the competent authorities."