A Lebanese lawmaker has entered a bank branch with two of her lawyers to withdraw blocked dollar deposits she needs to pay for surgery, according to her lawyer
Lebanese MP Zarazir is pictured inside Byblos Bank Antelias branch north of Beirut, demanding access to her savings and refusing to leave the bank without her money.
Cynthia Zarazir, who was elected to parliament in May polls, is the latest in a growing number of angry depositors who are forcing Lebanese lenders to unlock savings trapped under informal capital controls imposed amid an unprecedented financial crisis. "We will not leave until we get the money," Debs told AFP news agency, nearly three hours after they entered the branch.
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