Three convicted leaders of the illegal organization Hizbullah who were released from jail under a new law regulating arrest periods have gone missing, Turkish news agency Hurriyet reports. The men are believed to have fled to Iran or Lebanon.
Edip Gumus, Cemal Tutar and Mehmet Varol, who were convicted by a local court of being leaders of the illegal fundamentalist organization, were released from jail Jan. 4, but they are still required by law to
present themselves at a police station every day.
Though convicted by a local court, there is still an ongoing case against the three men at the Supreme Court of Appeals. They were freed from jail under a new law requiring the release of defendants whose
cases have not been concluded within a period of 10 years.
Turkish Hizbullah leaders go missing after release from jail
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