BEIRUT: During a farewell visit to Beirut, chief prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare met with various officials, and held a secret meeting with former Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.

High-level political sources from March 14 confirmed this meeting to the left-wing daily newspaper. The sources said that Bellemare told Siniora that a second draft indictment will be completed before he departs from his post in March.

Bellemare reportedly stressed that the indictment will include the name of a fifth indicted suspect, in addition to the four men already named in the initial indictment. When asked if any of the new suspects were Syrian, Bellemare replied in the negative.

Sources said that the STL prosecutor expressed confidence in the judicial process, including the evidence in the tribunal's possession, which allowed him to issue the first indictment and to prepare a draft for the second indictment, which will be completed by the end of February. Bellemare emphasized the importance of circumstantial evidence, adding that evidence in the new indictment will increase the importance of evidence relied upon in the first indictment.