**US officials have ordered workers to stop the construction of a Bedouin-style tent for Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in suburban New York.**The erection of the tent “violated several codes and laws of the town of Bedford”, a local attorney said.
It also emerged that the tent was being set up on property rented from real estate mogul Donald Trump.
Col Gaddafi had planned to live in his trademark tent for the duration of a UN General Assembly in New York.
“There is no such thing as diplomatic immunity when it comes to complying with local laws”
Joel Sachs
Bedford town attorney
Bedford town attorney Joel Sachs said officials had given “a stop work” order to teams pitching Col Gaddafi’s tent in the town, about 30 miles (48km) north of New York.
But he said the workers did not speak English and the order was then issued to the property caretaker.
“There is no such thing as diplomatic immunity when it comes to complying with local laws and ordinances,” Mr Sachs was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
“This is a private piece of property and they have to comply with the laws of this municipality.”
Meanwhile, Mr Trump said in a statement that part of the estate “was leased on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern partners, who may or may not have a relationship to Mr Gaddafi”.
“We are looking into the matter,” the statement added.
Last week, Libyan officials agreed not to pitch Col Gaddafi’s tent in the grounds of a Libyan-owned property in the New Jersey town of Englewood because of opposition from local residents.
They protested against the warm welcome given in Libya to the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, following his release from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
Dozens of families in New Jersey lost loved ones when Pan Am flight 103 blew up over Scotland.