TUNIS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Tunisia has arrested the owner of a private TV station as well as his son for "treason" for encouraging violence and working for ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's return, the state news agency said on Sunday.
"The owner of Hannibal TV (Larbi Nasra), who is a relative of the former president's wife, is using the channel to abort the youth's revolution, spread confusion, incite strife and broadcast false information," a statement citing an authorised source said.
"The aim is to create a constitutional vacuum, ruin stability and take the country into a vortex of violence that will bring back the dictatorship of the former president."
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