Security services on Tuesday arrested four Lebanese citizens on suspicion of involvement in the case of people smuggling to Australia via Indonesia and Malaysia, state-run National News Agency reported.

“Four Lebanese, some of whom hail from Akkar, have been arrested for interrogation over possible involvement in the activities of people smuggling between Lebanon, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia,” NNA said.

“Investigations are ongoing and the security authorities that are probing the case are being very tight-lipped,” the agency added.

Separately, NNA said Akkar’s forensic doctor Hussein Adawiyeh, accompanied by agents from the Beirut-based Central Investigations Bureau, collected samples from relatives of possible victims of the Indonesia boat incident with the aim of conducting DNA tests and identifying the bodies that are still in Indonesia. [Link]