Egyptian airport police have seized a large quantity of drugs in attempt to be smuggled into Egypt. Security forces caught a passenger called Abdul sattar Khalil Tamim, who was traveling to Cairo coming from Poland through Beirut, with three bags of heroin hidden in a watch box. After extensive interrogation with the suspect, he turned out to be the father of prominent Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim.
Suzan was asked to come to the police station to give her statement in the case. The father insisted on not knowing the contents of the watch box, adding that it was a present to his daughter given to him by one of her friends in Lebanon, according to al-Wattan newspaper.
Surprisingly Suzan, who showed up at the police station with three persons who helped her walk her way to the office of the head police officer, was wearing full make up and a very attractive outfit. The singer was outraged over the accusations placed against her father and insisted it must be a huge misunderstanding.
Suzan was busy in Cairo working on her new album, which is supposedly scheduled for release in early summer. The album will include 8 songs and is a result of mutual cooperation between many Egyptian artists. Among them is Amr Mustafa, Khaled Izz, Amir Tuaymeh, Ayman Bahgat Amar.
The European Arab Production Company in Beirut, owned by Adel Maatooq husband of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim, demanded that a Cairo court take actions against the administration of the Egyptian television channel for hosting Suzan without signing a contract with them. The company presented a tape and requested that the court take a look at it, which shows Suzan singing, saying that the channel had no right to host her before agreeing with them first since they own all rights to any performance held by the singer.
The company stressed that they have rights over all of Suzan’s entertainment activities for 15 years, meaning her contract with them ends in 2016. Adel added that any activity Suzan holds without their knowledge faces legal prosecution and the sponsors will surely be taken to court. – Albawaba.com
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