World | Kenny MacAskill Minister Who Freed Lockerbie Bomber Has Bro in Oil Biz Kenny MacAskill's brother has pitched oil business to Libya By Jason Farago Posted Sep 8, 2009 6:08 AM CDT Copied Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, foreground, and First Minister Alex Salmond during the Lockerbie debate at the Scottish Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/David Cheskin, PA) The Scottish government minister who freed the Lockerbie bomber has a brother who works in the oil industry and has pitched oil business to Libya, reports the Wall Street Journal. Kenny MacAskill's brother, Allan, spent 20 years at BP, which admits that it lobbied for a prisoner-transfer agreement between the UK and Libya, and now works in renewables. Edinburgh dismissed criticisms of the link as "ridiculous," but the government failed to disclose the relationship even after Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's release. Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The first video of an earthquake fault slip led to a major discovery. Report an error