Ottawa Worried About Fallout From Jailing of Farmer in Beirut, Documents Show

Ottawa Worried About Fallout From Jailing of Farmer in Beirut, Documents Show
New Brunswick potato farmer Henk Tepper checks on his field, at his farm in Drummond, N.B. on June 26, 2012 . Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
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FREDERICTON—Documents filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed for more than a year in Lebanon.

Henk Tepper languished in a Beirut jail cell in 2011 and 2012 on allegations he tried to export diseased potatoes to Algeria.