Tribunal hears 25 collaboration cases

The trial of 25 people on charges of collaborating with “Israel” opened at a military court on Friday, the ninth one-day trial since June 5.
The court, presided over by Brigadier Maher Safieddine, questioned the suspects, most of whom were former members of “Israel’s” now-defunct proxy militia. The others are accused of traveling to “Israel” for work. The verdicts and sentences were due to be handed down around midnight.
The tribunal, meeting three times a week, has so far sentenced 533 people. The harshest sentence was 22-and-a-half years in prison given in absentia to a collaborator, but generally, sentences range between a few months and a few years.

The Daily Star, 1-7-2000.