Malaysia seizes 'possible' nuclear weapons parts
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KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN police confirmed on Thursday they have seized two containers which may contain parts used to make nuclear weapons, from a ship bound for western Asia.
'I can confirm that we have seized the containers at Port Klang but we do not know yet whether these are possibly parts to help make weapons of mass destruction or nuclear items,' national police chief Ismail Omar told AFP.
'We are waiting for a report from our nuclear agency on the parts seized before we can make any determination and investigations are still ongoing,' he added.
His comments follow a front page story in the influential Sun daily which said police had seized 'parts of an equipment believed used to make weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warhead' from a ship about 10 days ago.
The paper said the Malaysian-registered vessel, which had arrived from China and was headed for western Asia, carried dismantled equipment parts which were listed among items subject to controlled and restricted sale by the UN Security Council and other international laws.
It said the captain and crew were questioned by police before being allowed to leave port with their vessel, while authorities impounded the two containers and their contents. Last April, Premier Najib Razak said his country would strictly enforce a new law to curb trafficking of nuclear weapons components after being linked to the illegal supply of sensitive technology to Iran and Libya.
-- AFP
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Next thing you know, the containers will go missing from police custody.
I'm being cynical, but seeing as how fighter jet engines can go missing.....
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Next thing you know, the containers will go missing from police custody.
I'm being cynical, but seeing as how fighter jet engines can go missing.....
And a full container of condoms too can go missing from the portThe last time it was drugs too
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Definitely not corruption. Malaysia has the best anti-corruption program called "duit kopi"
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just one question,
"seized two containers which may contain parts used to make nuclear weapons," and then "'We are waiting for a report from our nuclear agency on the parts seized before we can make any determination and investigations are still ongoing,' he added."
which is first?? can U seize what U don't know??
and since when did our neighbours have a nuclear agency??
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If terroriists got it, many pple going to die.
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They can detain it under UN rule.
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Imagine Radical Muslim terrorists get nukes.
Many people are gonna die.
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the world needs a war
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Ship with illegal cargo was Iran-bound: Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN police said on Friday that they had found equipment they suspect could be used to make nuclear weapons smuggled on board a ship headed to Iran.
National police chief Ismail Omar told The Associated Press that the cargo was seized from a Malaysian-registered ship traveling from China to Teheran while it was docked at a central Malaysia harbour.
Authorities are investigating whether the equipment could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Malaysian International Shipping Corp confirmed in a statement to the AP that police confiscated two containers from the MV Bunga Raya Satu on March 8. It said a freight forwarder had declared the contents as 'goods used for liquid mixing or storage for pharmaceutical or chemical or food industry.'
Police said they had received a tip that the items were being shipped illegally and did not have a special permit required under Malaysia's anti-trafficking law.
Malaysia passed that law last year to curb the trafficking of nuclear weapon components after being linked to the illegal supply of sensitive technology to countries including Iran and Libya.
-- AP
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saya anti rasuah
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it's for Iran
Apparently some articles carried Singapore also found 1 shipment of it.