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| Malaysian police seize parts for weapon of mass destruction |
| 2011-03-18 |
| Malaysian police said they have seized dismantled equipment that were meant for producing a weapon of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads, from a vessel in the country's major port, reported Xinhua. The equipment was found in two containers on a Malaysian-registered vessel bound for Iran. Malaysian police chief, Ismail Omar, said the police believe the items seized were aggregate boilers and they are still being inspected by the national atomic agency and the forensics department. No arrests have been made and the police have sought help from Interpol in investigating the case. The vessel was inspected when it reached Port Klang after police received a tip-off. Ismail refused to reveal where the tip-off might have come from, saying "the point is, we have acted". The seized equipment was said to have been among those listed as controlled items by the United Nations Security Council. The case is now being investigated under the Strategic Trade Act, under which offenders could be sentenced to at least five years behind bars and fined millions of dollars if convicted of exporting items that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. |
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