Publisher fined LL28 mln, charged with defamation

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Publisher fined LL28 mln, charged with defamation

March 21, 2013 12:45 AM

The Daily Star

BEIRUT: The Publications Court found Ad-Diyar publisher Charles Ayoub guilty Wednesday of defamation and publishing false information.

The charges arose due to a complaint by Butec chairman Nizar Younes after Ayoub accused Younes and Energy Minister Gibran Bassil in Ad-Diyar of unethical dealings over an electricity barges deal.

The judge ordered Ayoub to pay LL18 million in fines and another LL10 million in damages. Managing editor Youssef Howayyek must pay LL6 million in fines and LL4 million in damages, while Ayoub’s An-Nahda company must pay LL4 million.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on March 21, 2013, on page 4.

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The Publications Court found Ad-Diyar publisher Charles Ayoub guilty Wednesday of defamation and publishing false information.

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