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‘Tobacco case’ adjourned
By JT - Oct 09,2019 - Last updated at Oct 09,2019
AMMAN — During a public hearing of the so-called “tobacco case” at the State Security Court (SSC) on Tuesday, a witness said that he had been coerced into changing his testimony by acquaintances of two main suspects.
The SSC also heard the testimonies of two witnesses before adjourning the session on Wednesday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Two other witnesses had reportedly committed perjury and changed the testimonies they made to the prosecutor general.
So far, the SSC has heard the testimonies of 60 witnesses in the case involving 29 defendants, out of whom six remain at large and one dead, in addition to 24 companies, including 22 registered under the names of 22 defendants.
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