Hairi probe security chief in hospital

A former security chief detained in the investigation into Rafik Hariri’s assassination was admitted to hospital with a heart problem today, Lebanese security officials said.

Brig. Gen. Raymond Azar, the former chief of Lebanon’s military intelligence, was taken from Roumieh prison to Hotel Dieu hospital in Beirut.

After emergency treatment, he was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit, the officials said.

Azar was arrested in August on charges connected to the February 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.