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Geagea Taken Back
to Yarze Cell from Military
Hospital
February 14, 2002
Lebanese Forces Commander
Samir Geagea has been
returned to his Defense
Ministry prison dungeon
in Suburban Yarze after
a few hours in Beirut's
mid-city Military Hospital
for treatment of a tooth
ache and gum infection,
the local media reported
Wednesday.
It was the first time
that Geagea was allowed
to undergo medical treatment
in hospital since he was
arrested in 1994, when
the government outlawed
the Lebanese Forces and
accused him of scheming
to overthrow the post-civil
war regime. Prosecutor-General
Adnan Addoum personally
gave the permission for
Geagea's transfer to the
military hospital on Tuesday
at the request of Strida
Geagea, the prisoner's
wife, and his defense
attorneys.
Doctors have diagnosed
that Geagea's gum infection
was not serious and could
be remedied by medicines
in his cell.
The outing signaled the
beginning of improvement
of Geagea's treatment
in prison. Addoum said
the two weekly visits
by Geagea's wife and the
two more calls by his
lawyers would be strictly
observed. Each visit lasts
30 minutes.
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