Lebanese officer indicted on Israel spy charges
AFP
BEIRUT- A military prosecutor has requested the death penalty for an army officer accused of spying for Israel, a judicial official said on Saturday.
Ghazwan Eid Shahin is the third Lebanese army officer indicted on charges of "providing information to enemy intelligence services," according to the charge sheet.
A Lebanese security officer holds a map found with arrested Lebanese nationals accused of spying for Israel in 2009.
Dozens of Lebanese citizens have been arrested since January 2009 on suspicion of spying for Israel, including retired security officials and policemen.
In February a retired member of Lebanon's internal security services, Mahmud Qassem Rafah, was sentenced to death by a military court after he was convicted of "collaboration and espionage on behalf of the Israeli enemy."
Lebanon and Israel remain technically in a state of war, and convicted spies face life in prison with hard labour or the death penalty if found guilty of contributing to Lebanese loss of life.
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