An attempt by Tripoli’s national salvation government to seize control of the Maltese operation of the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company has been thrown out by Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff.

In a ruling given in the first hall of the Civil Court, Mr Justice Mintoff dismissed the application for a warrant of prohibitory injunction brought against the company’s chairman, certain members of his staff and LPTIC's wholly-owned Maltese subsidiary, LPTIC Services Ltd.

He ruled against granting the injunction on the basis that the claimant had no prima facie right to bring the action.

Mr Justice Mintoff heard that the applicant represented a group of people attempting to usurp the power of the Libyan State over property belonging to the Libyan people and that his claim to represent LPTIC had no basis in Libyan law.

He heard that this case was an attempt by a movement to take control over assets which the Libyan people lawfully held outside Libya; that the Libya Dawn movement was not recognised, and that the House of Representatives was the legitimate governing authority of Libya as recognised by the Maltese Government; and that granting the application for a warrant of prohibitory injunction would have a prejudicial effect on the interests of LPTIC and the Libyan people.