BEIRUT: Abducted Lebanese citizen Khaled al-Hujeiri was freed Monday after Speaker Nabih Berri and Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora intervened to secure his release, according to MP Jamal al-Jarah.
“Hujeiri was not freed in return for a ransom fee but was released because of the intervention of Berri and Sinioria,” Jarah said.
Jarah told The Daily Star that he received the captive from the kidnappers, who had abducted Hujeiri from the Bekaa Valley over two weeks ago.
The MP refused to disclose the identities of the kidnappers but said that the abduction was linked to the case of 27 Lebanese servicemen held hostage by ISIS and the Nusra Front.
Jarah said that the captive is currently with his family in the Bekaa Valley.
Hujeiri is a prominent family in Arsal, where fundamentalist groups ISIS and Nusra Front clashed with Army troops for five days in August. Some accuse the Hujeiris of collaborating with jihadists, a charge they deny.
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