Lebanese lawyers seek to halt liquidation of UK-registered firm possibly linked to Beirut blast

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - A Lebanese lawyers' association has asked British authorities to halt the voluntary liquidation of a UK-registered company over possible links to last year's explosion at Beirut port, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

In the Jan. 25 letter to British lawmaker Margaret Hodge, the Beirut Bar Association (BBA) said it had asked the UK corporate registry, Companies House, to prevent the company, Savaro Ltd., which it described as an "indicted entity", from being wound up in order to allow investigations into its possible role in the blast to continue.