Published Date:
10 November 2009
TWO Swiss businessmen prevented from leaving Libya for more than a year have been handed back to the Swiss embassy in Tripoli, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
The two men have been in Libya since July 2008, days after Swiss police arrested Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife in Geneva on charges – later dropped – of mistreating two domestic employees.
Libya cut oil supplies to Switzerland and withdrew more than £299 billion in assets from Swiss banks after the arrests. Swiss president Hans-Rudolf Merz apologised in August for the arrest of Mr Gaddafi and agreed to investigate the incident.
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Last Updated:
09 November 2009 10:20 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
