Libya's top oil official defects: Tunisian source

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Source: cnn

The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation has defected from Muammar Gaddafi's administration and fled to neighboring Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said on Tuesday.

Libyan rebels also said they had information that Shokri Ghanem, 68, had defected, a move that if confirmed would deal a blow to Gaddafi's efforts to shore up his 41-year rule.

"He is in a hotel with a group of other Libyan officials," the Tunisian source told Reuters. Another Tunisian security source said he was on his way to the capital Tunis.

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1. "If he did [defect], this is his business," Mr Ibrahim said. "It's not a big deal for us."

A Libyan regime spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said the government had tried to reach Mr Ghanem but had been unable to. "If he did , this is his business," Mr Ibrahim said. "It's not a big deal for us."

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