BEIRUT: Beirut’s general prosecutor has charged Ali Mahfouz
with contributing to and causing the suicide of Alem Dechasa-Desisa, the
Ethiopian domestic worker who committed suicide after a widely publicized
beating outsider her consulate.
A judicial source told The Daily Star that Mahfouz was
charged Thursday, adding that he is not currently in custody.
A video released by LBCI earlier this month showed
Dechasa-Desisa moaning as a man, later identified as Mahfouz, dragged and
forced her into a car. Mahfouz reportedly owns her employment agency.
Another man helped Mahfouz, as others stood by. According to
Ethiopia’s consul general in Lebanon, Asaminew Debelie Bonssa, the incident
took place two weeks before it became public on March 8.
Doctors told Bonssa that Dechasa-Desisa hanged herself using
strips of her bed sheets on March 15 while at to Pyschiatrique de la Croix
Hospital, known as Deir al-Salib. Police took her to the hospital after the
incident.
Mahfouz has told media outlets that Dechasa-Desisa had
previously attempted suicide.
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