Libyan PM criticizes eastern-based gov't for closing oil fields, ports

TRIPOLI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Wednesday referred to the recent closure of the country's oil fields and ports by the eastern-based authorities as a "crime punishable by law."

Dbeibah made the remarks during a meeting with Stephanie Koury, the deputy special representative of the UN secretary-general for political affairs and officer-in-charge of the UN Support Mission i