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28 August 2011
Last updated at 13:34 ET
The leaders of the forces which deposed Col Gaddafi in Libya have said they do not intend to allow the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber.
Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi was the only person to have been convicted in connection with the 1988 airliner bombing.
He was released from a Scottish prison two years ago on health grounds.
There have been calls for him to be returned to the UK, or to be tried in the United States.
Mohammed Al-Alagi, a spokesman for the new leadership in Tripoli, said: "We will not hand over any Libyan citizen to the West.
"And from points A, B and C of justice, Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi has already been judged once, and will not be judged again.
"We will not hand over any Libyan nationals, it's Gaddafi who hands over Libyan nationals."
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Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi was the only person to have been convicted in connection with the 1988 airliner bombing.
He was released from a Scottish prison two years ago on health grounds.
There have been calls for him to be returned to the UK, or to be tried in the United States.
Mohammed Al-Alagi, a spokesman for the new leadership in Tripoli, said: "We will not hand over any Libyan citizen to the West.
"And from points A, B and C of justice, Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi has already been judged once, and will not be judged again.
"We will not hand over any Libyan nationals, it's Gaddafi who hands over Libyan nationals."
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