BEIRUT: Head of the Arab Tawheed Party Wiam Wahhab denied
Thursday that a man charged with spying for Israel was his personal bodyguard.
Describing him as Wahhab’s “head of security and personal bodyguard,” a security source told The Daily Star Thursday that Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr on Wednesday charged Jalal Abou Thiab with
spying for Israel’s Mossad secret service.
The sources said Saqr referred Jalal, who hails from Jahliyeh in the Chouf, to military
investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghida. Jalal could face the death sentence if
found guilty on the espionage charges.
Wahhab is also from Jahliyeh.
“He [Jalal] comes from an environment close to Wahhab and had used this
[position] as cover-up for his spying,” said a statement issued Thursday by
Wahhab’s media office.
The statement said the Arab Tawheed Party had coordinated with Hezbollah which
led to Jalal’s arrest and the confiscation of equipment from his apartment.
The security source said Jalal, who had been interrogated by Hezbollah, was handed over to the Lebanese Army intelligence about 10 days ago.