Posted on 02/18/2010 6:42:19 PM PST by george76
The council charged with monitoring the health of the Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi has refused to publish details of his medical condition, angering families of his victims.
Al-Megrahi, East Renfrewshire Council has claimed, has a right to confidentiality and should be treated like any other former prisoner.
The Lockerbie bomber, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, was released on compassionate grounds on August 21 last year after Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Justice Secretary, said that al-Megrahi was thought to have less than three months left to live.
Six months on, opposition MSPs, have been calling for evidence that al-Megrahi is close to death, but East Renfrewshire Council said yesterday that monthly reports they receive from Libya about his health, used to update the Scottish government, were confidential — just as they would be for any other criminal they were supervising.
Bill Aitken, justice spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives, said: “It is almost bizarre to suggest that the biggest mass murderer in Scottish history should be just like any other client. He is not. The public have a right to know what is going on.”
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“Got better! It is miracle, praise Allaahhhahahahahaha!!!
Do I really need to add '/sarc'?!?!?!?
Who is dying first, Elizabeth Edwards or this guy? We’re pretty sure Mrs. Edwards has cancer. The Lockerbie scum may have a cold.
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