Posted on 02/04/2004 6:10:07 PM PST by HAL9000
Malaysian company being investigated for role in supplying nuclear technology to Libya, police say
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian company controlled by the son of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is being investigated for possibly supplying machine parts bound for Libya's nuclear weapons programs, the national police chief said.
Inspector General of Police Mohamed Bakri Omar said Scomi Precision Engineering Sdn. Bhd., or SCOPE, a subsidiary of Scomi Group Bhd., built centrifuge components that international intelligence agencies say were headed for Libya late last year.
Centrifuges are used to enrich uranium for a variety of purposes, including weapons production.
Mohamed Bakri, in a statement carried late Wednesday by the national news agency, Bernama, said Malaysian Special Branch police began the investigation after the CIA and Britain's MI6 intelligence agency informed Malaysia last November that boxes of machine parts bearing SCOPE's name were found in five containers seized in a ship off Italy last October headed for Libya.
Scomi is a mid-sized oil and gas company controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, one of the prime minister's sons.
Prounounced "scummy."
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