The Scottish Government has said no decision has been made about the release of a Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
The statement was issued amid media speculation in Britain that 57-year-old Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi , who has terminal prostate cancer, is to be freed.
The BBC is reporting that Al Megrahi is likely to be released on compassionate grounds early next week.
He is serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2001 for bombing Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town, killing 270 people.
Relatives of the victims have expressed anger at reports of his imminent release.
A Scottish government spokesman said: 'We can confirm that no decision has been made on applications under the prisoner transfer agreement or compassionate early release by Mr Al Megrahi.
'Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is still considering all the representations in both cases and hopes to make a decision this month.'
Rosemary Wolfe, whose step-daughter Miriam, 20, was one of the victims, said releasing Al Megrahi would be unacceptable.
Ms Wolfe, who is president of the organisation Justice for Pan Am 103, told the BBC: 'I am very upset. In the Fall, the Scottish Court found that looking at his medical records he wasn't at the end of his life.
'I really doubt that in a few months that could have changed very much.'
