FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
The son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been released by Lebanese authorities after posting a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for concealing information about a missing Lebanese cleric.
Hannibal Gaddafi was released on Monday evening, one of his lawyers said.
A few days ago, Lebanese authorities lifted a travel ban and lowered Hannibal's bail, paving the way for his release. Two security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, also confirmed his release.
Thursday's decision by the country's judicial authorities to lift the travel ban and reduce the bail amount from $11 million (£8.3 million) came days after a five-person Libyan delegation visited Lebanon and made progress in talks for Hannibal's release.
Hannibal Gaddafi was arrested in Lebanon in 2015, after being accused of concealing information about the fate of a Lebanese Shiite cleric who disappeared during a trip to Libya in 1978, although the late leader's son was less than three years old at the time.
In mid-October, a Lebanese judge ordered Hannibal's release on $11 million bail, but banned him from traveling outside Lebanon.
His lawyers said at the time that he did not have enough to pay that amount and requested permission for him to leave the country.
On Thursday, his bail was reduced to 80 billion Lebanese pounds (about £678,100) and the travel ban was lifted, allowing him to leave the country after posting bail.
Lini një Përgjigje