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785: THE SUZANNE TAMIM STORY AGAIN – Part V – The Egyptian Connection, Time-Table, and the Muffling of the Media
28 June, 2009

THE SUZANNE TAMIM STORY AGAIN – Part V – The Egyptian Connection, Time-Table, and the Muffling of the Media

Egyptian Media reported that Suzanne’s death had been the handiwork of an Egyptian businessman. Following the arrest and confession of the alleged murderer-for-hire – hit-man – Arab Media claimed to have identified a real estate magnate as the brain behind the brew, or the grime behind the crime, or the crank behind the shank. Egyptian Media reports quoted Egyptian police sources who said that the suspect had admitted working for the Egyptian’s company and that he had pushed and paid him to kill Suzanne in Dubai. Police questioned the Egyptian in connection with her murder, but he denied the accusation.

TIME-TABLE 2008:

18th July: Suzanne flew from London to Dubai

26th July: The Egyptian suspect – confessed hit-man – arrived in Dubai and stayed in a hotel.

28th July: He entered the building just before 9am and went to apartment 2204 with a knife. The Closed-Circuit-TV footage showed him holding an envelope in front of the door’s eye-spy.

28th July: She was found dead by her cousin at 8.15pm.

Pure intimidation and suppression of the press in its most polluted form

8th August: Egypt's Chief-Prosecutor imposed a ban on news coverage, without explanations, of the brutal slaying of the Lebanese pop-star following Media reports that said that a wealthy Egyptian businessman had ordered the murder of 31-year-old Suzanne Tamim – which had been a top story in the Arab Media.

8th August: The front-page article in one of the papers quoted unidentified sources as saying a former Egyptian police officer and two hotel security men from Cairo had confessed to killing Suzanne on behalf of a wealthy Egyptian businessman who was not identified. Some copies of the edition appeared late on the stands before distribution was stopped. Other media outlets and newspapers outside Egypt also reported on the confessions, but that newspaper was the first within Egypt to do so.

12th August: The editor of an Egyptian independent newspaper was arrested and questioned by prosecutors for violating the ban with a 9th August edition story on Suzanne's death, and barred distribution of the edition – but the article remained on the newspaper's Website.

The executive editor of the newspaper said prosecutors had questioned him on suspicion of violating the ban and had ordered two journalists from the paper to report to authorities for questioning. It was not clear whether any would face charges.

Other Egyptian papers reported on the ban and complained that that the government was trying to prevent the implication of any prominent figures. Businessmen have taken on an increasingly large role in the government and ruling party over the last 10 years.

A columnist wrote: Big-Businessmen have become immune. The rotten-regime gets them out of disastrous situations and protects and white-washes them – for quid pro quo

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