Police Demand Details About Students at Private Universities in 2003-2006
Police have reportedly asked presidents of private universities in Lebanon to provide them with a list of names of all students registered at their institutions between 2003 and 2006.
As Safir daily quoted a university president as saying that the lists will be sent to the international commission investigating ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s murder and related crimes.
The newspaper said police sent letters via the public prosecutor”s office to all presidents of private universities asking them a list "of all Lebanese and foreign students registered at their institutions and all their branches between the period of 2003 and 2006."
The request also includes personal details about the students, including their addresses and telephone numbers.
State-run Lebanese University”s president denied receiving such a letter. However, a large number of private university heads confirmed such a report. Some decided to cooperate with police while others rejected the request, according to As Safir.
The university official who talked to the daily said that police want the information on CDs and will send them to the investigation panel based upon the request of Special Tribunal for Lebanon prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.