Swiss arrested for alleged aid to Libya

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By TONY CZUCZKA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

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The engineer is believed to have been part of the international clandestine network of Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, which helped Libya's nuclear program, German federal prosecutors said Monday.

Authorities allege that Urs Tinner, 39, oversaw machine work in Malaysia on gas centrifuge parts that were intercepted by Western intelligence in October 2003 on a ship bound for Libya, and that he trained Libyans in their use.

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Swiss and German officials did not release the suspect's name, but an investigative source confirmed to The Associated Press that the man arrested last week was Tinner.

Tinner is accused of supervising the production of more than 2,000 centrifuge parts at a Malaysian company between 2001 and 2003 at the request of Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir, a Sri Lankan who prosecutors said was a middleman between the network and Libya.

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A Malaysian police report in February had named Tinner as having overseen machine work on centrifuge parts at Malaysian-based Scomi Precision Engineering, also known as SCOPE.

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In August, German authorities arrested Gerhard Wisser, a suspect in an alleged effort by the network to supply pipes to Libya for use in uranium enrichment. He was released on bail but re-arrested in South Africa in September.
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