Libya will not hand over Kadhafi son Seif to ICC: minister Tuesday, 22 November 2011 14:50

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo (C) visits Tripoli November 22, 2011. Moreno-Ocampo said on Tuesday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the captured son of the former Libyan leader, does not necessarily have to be tried in The Hague if Libya's own justice system is up to the task. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

TRIPOLI: Libya will not hand over Moamer Kadhafi's most prominent son Seif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court for trial, interim justice minister Mohammed al-Allagui said on Tuesday.

His comments came as the court's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo was in Tripoli for talks on jurisdiction in the case of Seif and Kadhafi's spymaster Abdullah al-Senussi, both of whom are wanted by the court on charges of crimes against humanity.

"In a nutshell, we are not going to hand him over," Allagui said when asked about Seif, who was captured in Libya's far-flung Saharan south on Saturday after three months on the run.

Asked by AFP if he expected to meet Seif during his visit, Moreno-Ocampo said: "No."

The Kadhafi son is being held in the mainly Berber hilltown of Zintan, in the Nafusa Mountains some 170 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Tripoli. (AFP)