Libya faces possible charges: ICC prosecutor

8220;The office calls upon you and other Libyan authorities to refrain from being involved in such cover up. Failure to do so will result in investigation and prosecution,8221; said the letter.

The office 8220;considers that part of the criminal plan implemented in Libya includes the cover-up of the crimes8221; committed to quash a popular uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi that erupted in February.

ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday asked the court8217;s judges to issue arrest warrants against Gaddafi,his second-oldest son Seif al-Islam and his brother-in-law Abdullah al-Senussi 8212; for crimes against humanity.

But Libya8217;s government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim has dismissed the ICC8217;s bid,saying the court has no jurisdiction over Tripoli while denying accusations that the regime ordered the killing of civilians or hired mercenaries against them.

However,Mochochoko said Gaddafi8217;s regime is obliged to cooperate after the United Nations Security Council in February referred the Libyan crisis to the ICC prosecutor for investigation into crimes against humanity.

Thousands of people have died in violent clashes pitting regime opponents and Gaddafi loyalists,and forced some 750,000 to flee,according to data from the ICC and the UN.