Libyan deputy Prime Minister Sadiq Abdulkarim has fled to Malta.
No confirmation has been obtained from the government, as this is a “matter of national security”.
Mr Abdulkarim, who was also deputy PM when Ali Zeidan was PM, is living under heavy guard in an undisclosed part of Malta.
He survived an assassination attempt in Tripoli last January.
On Sunday, there were reports that Ali Zeidan himself was residing in Xemxija, reports that the government denied.