Lebanese lawmaker enters bank branch unarmed to demand frozen savings
Agencies | Beirut
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Early on Wednesday, a Lebanese Member of Parliament (MP) entered a branch of the Byblos Bank (situated north of Beirut) along with a group of associates to demand access to her frozen savings, in order to pay for an upcoming surgery, according to a depositors' advocacy group.
Cynthia Zarazir — a first-time parliamentarian who was elected in May to represent Beirut — entered the bank unarmed and demanded $8,500 in cash, a member of the Depositors' Union told Reuters.
"We've spent a few days going back and forth to the bank and bringing my [medical] reports and they don't answer us. I can't delay this any more. I came to take my money," Zarazir said by telephone from the bank.
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