KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia hedged on Friday over whether it would allow a UN watchdog to question a detained agent involved in the nuclear black market scandal.
| Yep. Something to hide there... |
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose son was embroiled in the scandal, told reporters the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was in talks with Malaysian security authorities over questioning the agent, Sri Lankan businessman BSA Tahir. But he would not say whether they would be given permission. âI do not want to give assurances of something which is a subject of discussion between the concerned authorities,â he said. Abdullah, who is also the internal security minister, said he would leave it to the Malaysian security authorities to decide. Asked to comment on reports that Libyan technicians were brought by Tahir to train in Malaysia, Abdullah said: âI am not aware of Libyans being trained.â Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar, however, told reporters last Saturday that Libyans involved in that countryâs nuclear weapons programme had been secretly trained here. |