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“I cannot talk before I see my attorney,” Mas’ud told United States Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather, speaking through an interpreter. Mas’ud, who allegedly confessed his crimes to a Libyan law enforcement official in September 2012, appeared just days after being captured in Libya. Mas’ud’s nephew, Abdulmenam Marimi, said armed men came to his family’s home in Tripoli in mid-November and took the accused bomb maker away. The family has also lodged a formal complaint with Libya’s attorney general over Mas’ud’s transfer to the US, Marimi said. Mas’ud was not formally charged by the US until 2020 when it uncovered fresh evidence revealing he had apparently confessed his crimes to a Libyan law enforcement official.

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The family blames authorities in Libya’s capital Tripoli for the alleged kidnapping and extradition, it added. Masud’s family have released no official comment since that statement and did not respond to the AP’s request for comment. The official spokesperson for Libya’s Tripoli government did not respond to a request for comment about the investigation. On Tuesday, Bashagha labelled Masud’s extradition illegal and called for the former intelligence officer’s immediate release. Masud is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the US in connection with the Lockerbie attack, but the first to appear in an American courtroom.

Speaking with reporters in Tripoli, prosecutor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour said the investigation has been opened following a complaint from Mas'ud's family that his extradition was not lawful. Libya and the U.S. have no formal extradition agreement. The family blames authorities in Libya's capital Tripoli for the alleged kidnapping and extradition, it added. The official spokesman for Libya’s Tripoli government did not respond to a request for comment about the investigation. Mas'ud is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the Lockerbie attack but the first to appear in an American courtroom.

The Ambulance and Emergency Service confirmed on Tuesday the death of four African workers due to food poisoning. The service said it received a call reporting four bodies belonging to Africans found in a garage on the coastal road along the Maya area some 30 km west of Tripoli. A spokesman for the Emergency Service said the deceased persons were likely affected by spoiled food. The victims were transferred to the morgue in Al-Zahra Hospital after coordination with the Maya Police Station, Criminal Investigation Center, and the Public Prosecution.

TRIPOLI : Libya's Presidential Council head Mohammed al-Menfi and Attorney General Siddiq al-Sour on Wednesday vowed investigations into the transfer of Lockerbie suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi to the United States. Mas'ud's sudden arrival in the United States after his family said he was seized from their home by gunmen last month has caused widespread anger in Libya at the Tripoli government. The head of the Presidential Council, which functions as Libya's head of state, also demanded that GNU Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah tell the truth about any coordination with the United States. Critics of Dbeibah accuse him of trading Mas'ud to the United States to curry its support in his political standoff with an eastern-based parliament that backs an alternative administration. (Reporting by Reuters Libya newsroom; Writing by Angus McDowall, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Presidential Council head Mohammed al-Menfi and Attorney General Siddiq al-Sour on Wednesday vowed investigations into the transfer of Lockerbie suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi to the United States. Mas'ud's sudden arrival in the United States after his family said he was seized from their home by gunmen last month has caused widespread anger in Libya at the Tripoli government. The head of the Presidential Council, which functions as Libya's head of state, also demanded that GNU Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah tell the truth about any coordination with the United States. Critics of Dbeibah accuse him of trading Mas'ud to the United States to curry its support in his political standoff with an eastern-based parliament that backs an alternative administration. (Reporting by Reuters Libya newsroom; Writing by Angus McDowall, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

Libya's eastern parliament-appointed Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, has called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing all on-board. American authorities in December 2020 announced charges against Mr Masud, who was in Libyan custody at the time. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after take-off from London on December 21, 1988. APUS authorities in December 2020 announced charges against Mr Masud, who was in Libyan custody at the time. In that interview, US officials said, Mr Masud admitted building the bomb in the Pan Am attack and working with two other conspirators to carry out the plan.

(@ChaudhryMAli88)Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Wednesday called upon Libyan investors to explore the vast investment opportunities existing in various sectors of economy in PakistanISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2022 ) :Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Wednesday called upon Libyan investors to explore the vast investment opportunities existing in various sectors of economy in Pakistan. He said that the promotion of economic and parliamentary relations between the two countries would also bring significant progress in regional development. Later, the Libyan parliamentary delegation also keenly watched the proceedings of the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce held at the Parliament House. The Libyan parliamentary delegation met with Senate Secretary Muhammad Qasim Samad Khan and discussed issues regarding further development of parliamentary relations. Meanwhile, the 12-member Libyan parliamentary delegation also visited Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS).

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) resident representative Marc-André Franche said he had a productive meeting Monday with the Libyan Minister of Justice Halima Al-Bousifi on developing the new program to strengthen justice, institute capacities, and access to justice across the country. UNDP said in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday that the two sides also agreed on the way forward to define priorities, with the support of the Italian Republic. The Libyan Minister of Justice stressed in a separate statement the importance of strengthening joint relations, reiterating the ministry's readiness to provide more support for the success of the UNDP's future work programs, which will contribute to the development of the justice system and the rule of law in Libya. According to the statement, Franche praised the efforts of the Minister of Justice in the project of national reconciliation, which would enhance stability and lasting peace, stressing the provision of all aspects of technical and logistical support in order to reach the required programs and the necessary steps in the current and future phase required by the justice system in all fields.

The free Continuous Glucose Monitoring service has been extended to people up to the age of 23 who suffer from type 1 diabetes. Details on the service were announced by Health Minister Chris Fearne during parliamentary question time on Wednesday. This project began as a pilot project where, for a year and a half, children and youths under the age of 16 were offered the Continuous Glucose Monitoring service to monitor their blood sugar levels continuously, and together with their parents would be informed if there would be a problem. The health minister said preliminary results have shown the pilot project was a success. The system will be extended in due time, Fearne said.

A group of private military contractors travelling to Libya were intercepted by the police last Saturday, MaltaToday has confirmed. Sources told this newspaper that the police had acted on a tip-off about the group, whom they intercepted before they boarded their flight. The group were later released from arrest, and no charges were filed against them. The group is understood to have already left Malta. The mercenaries were, however, forbidden from using Maltese airspace to travel to Libya.

The Libyan political analyst, Mohamed al-Jarh, confirmed that “the Dbeibehs (the family of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh) and those supporting them had sold Libya and its resources,” indicating that “the process of selling the Libyans has now begun.”“The turn (of being sold) is to be taken by all, and the buying and selling process comes in different ways,” al-Jarh said in a statement on his official Facebook account. Al-Jarh’s post comes in the awake of extraditing Abu Agila Masud, a Libyan intelligence official, who will face federal charges in Washington over alleged involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Last month it was reported that Masud had been kidnapped by a militia group in Libya, leading to speculation that he was going to be handed over to the American authorities to stand trial.

Forty four Libyan political parties denounced the kidnapping and extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States, calling on the Libyans to take collective action to denounce the crime and prosecute those responsible for it through a sit-in in front of the United Nations headquarters and the embassies of the United States at home and abroad to denounce what it described as a “heinous crime.” . The parties said in a statement that the news of kidnapping Masoud and extraditing him to the United States was shocking. The political parties indicated that they “denounced a month ago the kidnapping of Masud from his house in Tripoli by a local armed gang and taking him to an unknown destination, in preparation for what was leaked at the time of the intention of the President of the National Unity Government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to hand Masud over to the American government, in a suspicious deal to please and court the United States and win its support.”The statement said that “the curtain was revealed and the veil was lifted about the truth of what was being planned in secret and darkness, with the announcement of American and European media about the news of the American authorities receiving the Libyan citizen and imprisoning him and subjecting him to interrogation and investigation without any details about the method of handing over, understandings or guarantees related to his rights as an accused, innocent until proven guilty according to the simplest rules and principles of human rights. The parties expressed their condemnation of the kidnapping and extradition, stressing that the Lockerbie case was paid in full by the Libyan people and was settled, and its file was permanently closed in accordance with a legal agreement between the Libyan and American governments since 2008.