The United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon UNIFIL says it turned over a longtime local staffer to Lebanese authorities who accuse him of spying for Israel.
The Lebanese man, who had worked in the UNIFIL administration for over 20 years, is among three people accused by authorities of spying for the Jewish state.
On Sunday, Lebanese authorities said they arrested the three suspects, a Syrian man and his Lebanese wife and a Lebanese man.
But the Lebanese man “was in the UNIFIL compound when authorities requested him,” UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti tells AFP.
“We asked UN headquarters in New York to determine whether immunity would be applied in his case, and the UN determined that since the allegations were not related to his official functions, immunity from legal proceedings would not apply,” he adds.
The man was taken into custody on Wednesday.
— AFP
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