The convicted Lockerbie bomber, released from a Scottish jail last month on compassionate grounds because of ill health, has been admitted to hospital intensive care in Tripoli, a Libyan official said on Wednesday, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brow rejected suggestions that his government put pressure on Scotland to release the bomber."No, no! Certainly not!"
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer and was given only three months to live when he was released on August 20, was hospitalized "three days ago," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "He is in a critical state. He is undergoing chemotherapy sessions," said a person close to Megrahi, adding: "Even his family are forbidden to visit, on doctors' orders."
Megrahi is in the Tripoli Medical Center's cancer ward, a security officer told an AFP correspondent at the scene.
Plain clothes police could be seen preventing visitors from going in and a security barrier blocked access to cars.