• Amer Hallal

Plaintiffs
Naji Othman (brother of Major General Imad Othman, Director General of the Internal Security Forces)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Twitter
Date of publication
2019-04-12
Case status
Open

Case summary

Amer Hallal was spent 8 hrs in cybercrime bureau. Naji Othman, brother of Major General Imad Othman, Director General of the Internal Security Forces, filed a complaint against Halal, on charges of libel and slander. Amer is the director of social media for Wa'im Wahab. The story dates back to the beginning of April 2019 when a controversy erupted between Othman and the former minister Wa'im Wahab against the backdrop of the Minister accusation that Othman won a tender for a project by the Ministry of Agriculture in the town of Qarnayel.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2019-05-26
Date of investigation
2019-05-27
Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
No
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. publication
    2019-04-12
  2. contact
    2019-05-26
  3. investigation
    2019-05-27