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Opposition leaders have accused Malaysian Prime Minister of trying to cover up his son’s involvement in an international nuclear trafficking network by having an alleged middleman jailed without trial.
Two Opposition parties today demanded that Sri Lankan businessman Buhary Syed Abu Tahir be brought before a court to answer charges stemming from his role in arranging for a Malaysian company to make parts for Libya’s nuclear weapons programmes.
The use of a security law that allows indefinite detention without a trial against Tahir shows that PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants to stop further incriminating or embarrassing details about his links to Malaysia coming out, they said. Tahir, the alleged chief financial officer of the network, ordered the parts for Libya from a company controlled by Abdullah’s only son, Kamaluddin Abdullah. — (PTI)
