Libyan leadership says it is powerless to release four officials detained last week while visiting Saif al-Islam

The Libyan leadership said on Wednesday night it was powerless to release four officials from the international criminal court detained last week while visiting Muammar Gaddafi's imprisoned son, Saif al-Islam.

The National Transitional Council (NTC), which led the dictator's overthrow last year, insisted it could not influence the investigation into allegations that some of the delegation were carrying coded documents from a fugitive and a camera disguised as a pen.

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