UNTSO Admits 97 Computers Transferred Through Occupied Palestine

Local Editor

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Deputy Chief Liaison Officer Richard Hauser said on Thursday that the 97 computers that belonged to the international commission that investigated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's 2005 assassination were indeed transferred through the Lebanese Nakoura border crossing into the Occupied Palestine, saying "this process is a normal operation within the UN."

Hauser said that the computers belonged to the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) that ended its mission in 2009, however, he added that "the computers belong to the UN and were sent to the UNTSO office and are still kept with it until today."

The deputy chief liaison officer also said that the hard drives of the computers were removed and destroyed after the mission of the Rafik Hariri investigation commission ended.