Legal

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez denied arranging the leak of press information about the alleged discovery of drugs in European lawmaker Rima Hassan’s bag, while her lawyer called for a judicial investigation and lawmakers and officials from La France Insoumise urged the minister to resign.

Lawyer Wassim Ghawi has asked Beirut’s First Investigating Judge to release former Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salameh, citing the repayment of two loans with interest, objections to the grounds for pretrial detention, and medical reports warning of risks from keeping his client in detention.