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Libyan Technicians Studied Malaysian Centrifuge Production Technology, Security Officials Say
Nuclear trafficking suspect Buhary Syed Abu Tahir secretly brought several Libyan technicians to Malaysia for training on machines used to manufacture centrifuge components, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, June 1). Scomi Precision Engineering, the Malaysian company that supplied parts for Libya’s nuclear programs through a contract with Tahir, built the facility where the training occurred, security officials told AP. The company has said it was not aware its components were being used for nuclear technology; it was cleared of wrongdoing in February by Malaysian police. Police said in February that Tahir contracted Swiss engineer Urs Tinner as a consultant in the parts production, but did not mention the Libyan technicians (Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press I, June 4). Tahir is suspected of being a high-level operative in the nuclear black market led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The Sri Lankan businessman is being held at a prison camp for two years under a Malaysian law that allows detention without trial, AP reported. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today that officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency would not be allowed to question Tahir, the Associated Press reported “This is something that has already been talked about between our people and the agency,” Badawi said. “It is not something new anymore to me,” he added. Malaysian officials had already ruled out giving U.S. officials access to Tahir, saying they don’t want any “foreign intervention” in the case (Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press II, June 4).
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