How gaddafis son arrest in geneva was reported in switzerland and in libya

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Hannibal , Muammar Gaddafi 's fifth born son was arrested on July 2008 in one of Geneva 's luxury hotels . Hannibal had gone to Switzerland to visit Max Goeldi , a Swiss businessman who was serving a castigatory sentence at Al-Jadaida prison . The press of these two states reported the unfolding story in two different ways in which each exposed the wrongdoing of different parties in this case . According to Le Matin , a Swiss daily , Hannibal was arrested after being accused of causing bodily harm

to two-hotel waiters while in company of his wife (AFP Consequently , the Swiss citizens living in Libya were vetoed from leaving the country . Besides , they were charged with manipulations of their visas and this bore them a jail sentence of sixteen months . All flights that were destined to Switzerland were immediately cancelled . In addition , Libya cut her oil supplies to Swiss and threatened to withdraw its saving from the Swiss banks , which had amounted to billions (AFP As reported by the official news agency , Libya could only have annulled her decision after explicit elucidation of the action against the diplomats and businessmen . Later on , a Libyan court upended Hannibal 's sentence and allowed his leaving . This move by the court also led to Goeldi 's sentence term to be reduced up to only four months . According to correspondents in Bern , the jailing of Goeldi was a disciplinary budge but in Libya 's capital city , Tripoli , this was denied vehemently Muammar Gaddafi , the...