Yet another link between Labour and the Gaddafi regime was revealed today as it emerged that a major party donor helped arrange Saif Al Islam's huge gift to the London School of Economics.
Businessman Imran Khand, who has given Labour more than £50,000, was introduced to Gaddafi by an LSE official and later suggested soliciting a donation from the dictator's son.
Gaddafi's £1.5million donation to LSE came just weeks after the university had awarded him a PhD - though it has been claimed that his doctoral thesis was plagiarised.
An inquiry into LSE's links with the Gaddafi regime, and particularly with Saif Al Islam, is believed to criticise the university's handling of its controversial student, according to the Sunday Times.
Professor David Held, director of LSE's centre for global governance and an informal adviser to Gaddafi, was crucial in soliciting the donation.
The report says that Professor Held introduced Mr Khand to Gaddafi after the businessman had hired him as a consultant, paying him £3,000.
Mr Khand then suggested to Professor Held that he should try to secure a donation from the Libyan heir.
The inquiry, written by former top judge Lord Woolf, is believed to conclude that Professor Held ignored potential conflicts of interest in his dealings with Gaddafi.
The involvement of Labour donor Mr Khand, who made his fortune through software company Pictel Technologies, was previously unknown, and will raise further questions about the Libyan government's connection to top Labour figures.
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