Ulrich Lumpert
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| Born | 20 September 1942 |
| Founder of | MST-13 Timer |
Ulrich Lumpert (born 20 September 1942) is a Swiss electronics engineer and, from 1978 to 1994, was employed by MEBO AG in Zurich, Switzerland, .
In 2000, Ulrich Lumpert gave incriminating evidence as witness No. 550 in the Lockerbie trial at the Scottish Court in the Netherlands when a Libyan agent, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988 with the loss of 270 lives.[1]
Sworn statement
In August 2007, Lumpert admitted in an Affidavit that he had committed perjury at the Lockerbie trial, raising serious doubts over the safety of Megrahi's conviction.[2] On 28 August 2017, Hans Koechler, the UN Observer at the trial, issued a detailed statement on Lumpert's admission,[3] and on the same day journalist Pierre Péan was interviewed on French TV channel ARTE info about Lumpert.[4]
Media muted
In October 2007, Ludwig De Braeckeleer noted that the mainstream media seemed strangely silent on the issue:
- "Will the media finally cover this extraordinary affair? Perhaps. In France, Le Figaro has published a couple of stories, one of which was entitled: “And if Libya Was Innocent …” Television channel France 3 reported the story of the Lumpert Affidavit.
- "In the UK, the Glasgow Herald has picked up the latest developments in the story. The BBC has published a few lines about it. The London journal Private Eye is rumoured to be running the story in its next edition. US media remain amazingly silent."[5]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Lockerbie case: new accusations of manipulation of key forensic evidence | Statement | 28 August 2007 | Hans Köchler | Those responsible for the mid-air explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 will have to be identified and brought to justice. A continuation of the rather obvious cover-up which we have witnessed up until now is neither acceptable for the citizens of Scotland nor for the international public. |
