KL hedges at UN bid to see detainee

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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia yesterday hedged at questions over whether it would allow a United Nations watchdog to question a detained agent involved in the nuclear black market scandal surrounding Pakistan's disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, whose son was embroiled in the scandal, told reporters the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was in talks with the Malaysian security authorities over questioning the agent, Sri Lankan businessman Buhary Syed Abu Tahir.
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Tahir was arrested last week under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows indefinite detention without trial and is being held at a detention centre in Perak.
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But Malaysia said last week it would not allow officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to question the detainee, saying it did not need 'foreign intervention'.
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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,254629,00.html


Notice how Boy George's policies have generated so much goodwill that governments around the world are lining up to cooperate with us?