DRUMMOND, N.B. - The lawyer for a New Brunswick farmer jailed in Lebanon for more than four months says his client is being treated like a criminal and the Canadian government is doing nothing to help.
Jim Mockler said Tuesday night that Henk Tepper, 44, of Drummond is being held in a cell in Beirut because of a commercial dispute with Algeria and has not been charged with anything.
"From where I stand the government has done absolutely nothing, the embassy has done absolutely nothing, and I just find that beyond despicable," Mockler said to about 125 people gathered at the municipal hall in Tepper's home community in the province's northwest.
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