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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris Court to Debate French Seizures of Salameh Assets

Riad Salameh. (AP)

AThe Paris Court of Appeal will debate on Tuesday the validity of a large number of seizures made on the real estate and banking assets in Europe of the governor of Lebanon's central bank, Riad Salameh, who is suspected of having acquired them through massive misappropriation of Lebanese public funds.

Interviewed in Beirut in mid-March by several European judges investigating him, including French investigating judge Aude Buresi, Riad Salameh, 72, maintained his innocence, as he has done since the opening of the case, AFP reported.

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