The UK government refused to answer in detail a letter from MacAskill after the US authorities told him that London had given an assurance that Megrahi would always serve his sentence in Scotland.

• 在美国当局告诉迈克阿斯克尔伦敦已经作出保证迈格拉希将永远在苏格兰服刑之后，他给英国政府写了一封信，但英国政府拒绝就此信内容作出详细回答。