VOL. XLII

No. 11

15-March-1999

LEBANON

Former Lebanese Oil Minister Charged With Abuse Of OfficeAnd State Funds

Former Lebanese Oil Minister, Shahe Barsoumian and nineother officials were arrested on 5 March on charges of abuse of office andstate funds. The Lebanese Attorney General, Mr. Ahmad Taqi al-Din, accused Mr.Barsoumian and other senior Oil Ministry and Zahrani refinery officials of taxevasion and altering documents in order to misappropriate public funds. Thosearrested on charges of...