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| Malaysia PM’s son in nuclear link | |
| 2004-02-05 | |
| A firm controlled by the son of Malaysia’s prime minister is being investigated for allegedly supplying Libya’s nuclear weapons programme. Tap....why bother, this meter never works. Police say foreign intelligence warned them that Malaysian centrifuge parts were on a Libyan-bound ship last year. That would be the shipment we grabbed. The parts were reportedly in boxes with the name Scope, a subsidiary of Scomi Group, controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, son of PM Abdullah Badawi. Scomi said it had won a contract to ship parts to a customer in Dubai. It’s a good story, it might even be true. The Malaysian Government has denied that the country in any way contributed to the spread of nuclear technology. "Lies, all lies!" "Investigations so far showed that not one company in Malaysia has the ability to manufacture a complete centrifuge unit," Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police Mohammad Bakri Omar said in a statement. So you’re saying they used several sub-contractors? "Because this requires technological capability and high expertise in the field of nuclear weapons," Mr Bakri said. No, it takes a high quality engineering and fabrication firm capable of following plans and working to very close tolerances. The nuclear weapons stuff comes later. Analysts say the news of Scomi’s involvement in the probe could be embarrassing to Mr Badawi, who was only appointed prime minister last October. I’d say so. Of course, it might get you the islamic vote. Mr Bakri said the tip-off was received by British and US intelligence services in early November. He said the CIA and MI6 claimed the parts had been found a month earlier on board a ship heading to Libya during a stopover in Italy. "The components were said to have been placed in wooden boxes labelled Scomi Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd (Scope). Like I said, a precision engineering firm. Scope is a subsidiary of Scomi Group Bhd," said a police statement. Scomi - a medium-sized oil and gas company - said Scope had been awarded a contract to provide tooling services to a Dubai-based firm.
Bet the August 2003 shipment was the one on the ship and the December 2002 load was found in Libya. Scomi said the contract had been arranged by BSA Tahir, a Sri Lankan businessman who is currently under investigation in Malaysia. They were not told the "end-use" of the components. Wonder if they could be used for anything else? Or they were paid enough that they didn’t care. "The company was recently informed by the Malaysian police that Mr Tahir is currently the subject of an investigation by Malaysian, American and British intelligence authorities over his alleged involvement in the supply of nuclear technology to Libya," said Scomi. I’m sure he is, down to the DNA level. A high-level government source noted that any firm knowingly involved in the clandestine nuclear trade was unlikely to label its cargo with its own name. They might if they were positive they wouldn’t get caught. Mr Bakri said Mr Tahir was co-operating in the investigation and was not under arrest. Spilling his guts. He said the police would issue a statement on the outcome of their investigations once they are completed. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 when that zaid learning what saying haaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh ?????????????? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-06 9:47:52 PM |
| #2 when that the allies attacking malaysia haaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh ?????????????? |
| Posted by: zaid hashim 2004-04-06 9:43:34 PM |
| #1 Mr Bakri said the tip-off was received by British and US intelligence services in early November. He said the CIA and MI6 claimed the parts had been found a month earlier on board a ship heading to Libya during a stopover in Italy. I wonder how much of this has to do with the timing of Libya's decision to cooperate?? |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-5 10:31:57 AM |