Gaddafi spy chief Koussa 'tortured' Libya prisoners

[Gerald]

Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief who fled to Britain in March personally tortured political prisoners in Libya, the BBC's Panorama has been told.Moussa Koussa was the slain ex-leader's right-hand man and the key liaison with British intelligence in the aftermath of 9/11 when Libya sought new allies.He has also been accused of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.The BBC traced Mr Koussa to a luxury hotel in Qatar but he refused to respond to the new allegations.In Libya, Muftah Al Thawadi told the programme that he was personally tortured by Mr Koussa in 1996 in Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison."While I was being questioned, Moussa Koussa was electrocuting me in my neck with the electric rod," he said of the interrogation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15415793


Note: 22 October 2011 Last updated at 23:21 GMT