Martin Mubanga, a British terror suspect freed after almost three years at Guantanamo Bay, is planning to sue the British government over his arrest, detention and transfer to Guantanamo, The Observer reported on Sunday.

Martin Mubanga, who holds dual British and Zambian nationality, claimed in the newspaper that an MI6 officer played a key role in consigning him to the US camp in Cuba, following his arrest in Zambia in 2002.

Mubanga's lawyer Louise Christian said the arrest, detention and transfer of his client had clearly breached British, Zambian and international laws. "We are hoping to issue proceedings for the misfeasance of officials who colluded with the Americans in effectively kidnapping him and taking him to Guantanamo," she said.

A Foreign Office spokesman said he could not comment on the activities of British intelligence or security agencies.

The 32-year-old was one of four Britons released from the US detention camp last month. He was immediately arrested on his return to Britain and questioned by anti-terrorist police officers before he was released without charge.

Mubanga described in The Observer how he was interviewed for hours in Guantanamo while his hands and ankles were chained. He also recalled an interrogation when he was ordered to urinate in the corner of an interview room while chained hand and foot.

He added that, even as US authorities began to doubt his guilt, he was stripped of his mattress, trousers, shirts and forced to remain in an empty metal box, naked except for boxer shorts.

Source: Xinhua