Judge Aoun Lifts Travel Ban on Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon

The public prosecutor in Mount Lebanon, Judge Ghada Aoun, has issued a decision to lift the travel ban on the Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh. She is in the process of disseminating this decision to the security agencies, particularly the General Directorate of General Security. Aoun stated that "the travel ban imposed on Governor Riad Salameh was lifted today, Thursday, in a move aimed at facilitating his attendance at a hearing in Paris related to a corruption investigation spanning several countries." Salameh and his French lawyer, Pierre Olivier Sur, did not immediately respond to requests for comments regarding his attendance at the hearing in Paris set by the French prosecution for May 16.