The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, September 10, 1980-Page 5 Hundreds arrested in Libya; trials held on TV TRIPOLI, Libya (AP)-While mysterious death squads murdered his opponents abroad, Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy has arrested hun- 4dreds of high-ranking officials at home and forced many to stand as defendants in corruption trials on prime-time television. , The crackdown comes as Khadafy strives to build a radical egalitarian society in his vast but sparsely populated North African nation. "We have gotten rid of many people who were outside the logic of the revolution," an official at the Infor- mation Secretariat said of the arrests and trials. "It was necessary in the in- terest of the majority of the people." KHADAFY HAS disclaimed respon- sibility for the string of slayings over- seas. But Western security officials are convinced his agents were responsible. Khadafy °had warned his foes in exile they might be "liquidated," and the killers left notes identifying themselves as Libyan "People's Committees," loyalist groups Khadafy calls the "cut- ting edge of the revolution." The repression has intensified as an- ti-Khadafy dissent grows in the wake of the effective confiscation of private bank accounts and other far-reaching economic steps. Longtime foreign residents of this oil- rich nation say they believe that Khadafy, 38, has begun to lose some of the popular support he gained with dramatic improvements in housing, education, and medical care during his U1-year rule. Polish * leader asks unity WARSAW, Poland (AP)-Poland's new Communist leader journeyed 'yesterday to a southern industrial cen- fer and called for unity in the state- controlled trade union movement, badly shaken by recent strikes and demands for independent unions. The trip was his second in two days to for- mer strike centers. His visit coincided with pre'ss reports that labor unions representing jour- nalists and dockworkers were moving to withdraw from the state-run Trade Union Council and operate as indepen- dent trade unions. BOARDS OF the dockworkers' and journalists' unions planned to submit secession motions before their respec- tive organizations at congresses later this year, the reports said. They also said teachers at Warsaw University were organizing an in- dependent trade union with the help of colleagues from Jagiellonian Univer- sity in Krakow, who set up their union last weekend. In a speech to party faithful in Katowice, Stanislaw Kania said the trade union issue must be treated "with calm and consistency." Polish Television, in a summary of his remarks, quoted Kania as saying: "We stand on the ground of unity in the trade union movement. Unity is our great achievement and we shall take care of it." POLISH TELEVISION gave no in- dication whether Kania mentioned in- dependent unions, a major concession granted the Baltic coast strikers and coal miners who walked off their jobs near Katowice last month. The gover- nment has said the agreements will ap- ply nationwide. Observers saw the trips as part of an effort by Kania, named last weekend as Communist Party first secretary, to end the work stoppages that continued in scattered parts of Poland. LIBYAN AND foreign sources, who asked not to be identified, say op- position is concentrated among the wealthy and college-educated. But or- dinary Libyans are, also growing dissatisfied as the government nationalizes small shops and forces teen-age girls to undergo military training, the sources say. Early this year, Khadafy warned Libyans abroad to return home or face "physical liquidation." Between March and May this year, eight Libyan dissidents were slain in European cities. The "Revolutionary Commit- tees" left notes on their victims' bodies or otherwise claimed responsibility for the murders. At home, Libyan police this year have arrested an estimated 2,000 Libyans, mostly in high positions in government, industry and the military, Western residents say. PANELS MADE up of members of the Revolutionary Committees have "tried" 500 of the arrested people on charges of taking bribes, stealing public money, or exporting currency illegally. All of the defendants con- fessed in the inquiries, which were broadcast live each night from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Libyan television. Knowledgeable Western residents said many officials probably were guilty of some kind of corruption. But they added that many of the people on trial appeared to have bruises on their faces and arms and may have "con- fessed" under torture. Both Libyan and foreign sources here said they believe that police beat many prisoners during interrogation. 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