<p>The ICC has said it made informal contact with Gaddafi's son, who has not been seen in public since August. In June, the court indicted the 39-year-old, once seen as a successor to his father, for murder and persecution.<br /><br />ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Saif al-Islam claimed he was innocent and was concerned about what could happen to him if he was cleared of his charges, BBC reported.<br />The Hague-based court is also seeking the arrest of former intelligence chief Abdullah Sanussi.<br /><br />While the two men's whereabouts remain unknown, Libyan officials say they might be holed up in Libya's southern borderlands.<br /><br />A source in the National Transitional Council said Saif al-Islam wanted a neutral aircraft to take him into ICC custody.<br /><br />However, Moreno-Ocampo said there were fears Saif might escape the court's reach.<br /><br />"We have learnt through informal channels that there is a group of mercenaries who are offering to move Saif to an African country not party to the Rome Statute of the ICC," Al Jazeera television quoted Moreno-Ocampo as saying.<br /><br />Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died shortly after being captured alive by National Transitional Council fighters near his hometown Sirte Oct 20. <br /><br />One of his sons Mutassim was also killed. The two were buried in a secret desert location.</p>.<p>In August, Gaddafi's wife Safia, his daughter Aisha and his sons Hannibal and Mohammed, accompanied by their children, crossed the border into Algeria for asylum. <br /><br />Gaddafi's another son, Saadi, fled to Niger along with several generals of the former regime.<br /><br />Another son, Khamis, died in fighting in Tripoli Aug 29.</p>
<p>The ICC has said it made informal contact with Gaddafi's son, who has not been seen in public since August. In June, the court indicted the 39-year-old, once seen as a successor to his father, for murder and persecution.<br /><br />ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Saif al-Islam claimed he was innocent and was concerned about what could happen to him if he was cleared of his charges, BBC reported.<br />The Hague-based court is also seeking the arrest of former intelligence chief Abdullah Sanussi.<br /><br />While the two men's whereabouts remain unknown, Libyan officials say they might be holed up in Libya's southern borderlands.<br /><br />A source in the National Transitional Council said Saif al-Islam wanted a neutral aircraft to take him into ICC custody.<br /><br />However, Moreno-Ocampo said there were fears Saif might escape the court's reach.<br /><br />"We have learnt through informal channels that there is a group of mercenaries who are offering to move Saif to an African country not party to the Rome Statute of the ICC," Al Jazeera television quoted Moreno-Ocampo as saying.<br /><br />Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died shortly after being captured alive by National Transitional Council fighters near his hometown Sirte Oct 20. <br /><br />One of his sons Mutassim was also killed. The two were buried in a secret desert location.</p>.<p>In August, Gaddafi's wife Safia, his daughter Aisha and his sons Hannibal and Mohammed, accompanied by their children, crossed the border into Algeria for asylum. <br /><br />Gaddafi's another son, Saadi, fled to Niger along with several generals of the former regime.<br /><br />Another son, Khamis, died in fighting in Tripoli Aug 29.</p>