Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi, Hannibal, has acted on his earlier threats to sue the canton of Geneva, the Tribune de Genève newspaper and one of its reporters. The younger Qadaffi filed charges 17 December, the Tribune has learned, against the newspaper and its journalist for publishing in September 2009 unflattering official police shots of the man taken in July 2008 when he was arrested.

He is suing the canton for allowing the photos to be released to the press. He and his wife have asked for unspecified damages for moral prejudice.

Hannibal Qadaffi and his wife Aline were arrested in Geneva on charges of abusing their household staff while visiting the Hotel Wilson in the city centre.

Laurent Moutinet, Geneva’s minister in charge of the police at the time of the arrest, said in November 2009 that the photos should not have been published. The police department has been conducting an internal investigation to find the author of the leak.

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