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Prime Minister Saad Hariri will preside over a meeting at Beirut airport on Tuesday following the resignation of airport security chief Brig. Gen. Wafiq Shuqeir over the death of a man who sneaked onto the runway undetected and hid on the tire of a Saudi-bound plane. Shuqeir's resignation came on the eve of a meeting set for Tuesday at Beirut Rafik Hariri Airport.

Hariri will head the meeting which will be attended by Cabinet ministers and security chiefs in charge of Beirut airport security.

Shuqeir on Monday submitted a written resignation to Interior Minister Ziad Baroud a day after Firas Hussein Haidar, 20, was found dead stuck to the jet's wheel. Shuqeir has met with Baroud to ask that he be relieved of his duties as airport security chief.

Baroud, however, rejected his resignation pending completion of investigation. An-Nahar newspaper on Tuesday said Shuqeir handed over to Baroud a report on the discovery of the dead man and the investigation carried out with him.

Shuqeir, however, refused to take the sole blame on the scandal, saying that he was target of a "campaign."

An-Nahar said action may not be taken immediately, but that Shuqeir is likely to be a vacation. Baroud is set to head an "ordinary" meeting of the Central Security Council on Tuesday at the office. 

Copyright Naharnet

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