Prosecution rejects appeal to release ex-MP Hassan Yaa​coub

A court rejected on Friday an appeal requesting the release of former lawmaker Hassan Yaacoub who was apprehended on alleged involvement in the December abduction of Hannibal Gadhafi.

South Lebanon's Public Prosecutor Judge Afif al-Qadi rejected the appeals request by Yaacoub's defense team.

The mother of Yaaqoub vowed to step up measures, adding that the family will uncover “all the hidden issues without taking into consideration any red lines”
Yaacoub has been in custody since December on claims that he was involved in the abduction of the son of slain Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi, Hannibal.

Yaacoub is the son of Sheikh Mohammed Yaacoub – one of the two companions who disappeared with al-Sadr in Libya.