Director General of the Presidency, Antoine Shoucair, asked Caretaker Justice Minister, Salim Jreissati, in a letter on Tuesday, to order the State Prosecution to take the necessary action in order to identify the fabricators of claims about President Michel Aoun's fortune.

"According to Annahar newspaper's issue on 17/9/2918, some electronic sites are posting articles and studies which are claiming that the President's net worth exceeds $1 billion, and attributing their allegations to a prominent source, Forbes, while the magazine has not published any information about the President," the letter read.

"Therefore, at the behest of the President, I hereby ask you to order the State Prosecution of Cassation to conduct the necessary pursuits to take the penal and legal measures against the news fabricators," it added.