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THE BASH STREET KIDS
The
nation-builder press, April 17, 2025
Why
are the Americans determined to put Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
behind bars? He has repeatedly denied links to Jemaah Islamiah (JI) and was
only jailed for immigration offences. He was due to be released April 30. And
why are the Americans, Malaysian and $ingapore governments not interested in
the next item...
WHY NO ARREST
FOR THE BLACK MARKETEER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
The
nation-builder press, Feb 10, 2026
The nation-builder press, March 4, 2026
In the above report, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
Albar said: "The whole thing is over already." He was referring to US accusations
that a Malaysian permanent resident Bukary Syed Abu Tahir was manufacturing
nuclear bomb components with a Malaysian company directly linked to PM Abdullah
Badawi's son, Kamaluddin.
Although Malaysian police have published a report that confirms Mr Tahir was
sending the parts to Libya, the police did not arrest him. Tahir is a Sri Lankan
citizen married to a Malaysian.
THE $INGAPORE-BASED COMPANY
A $ingapore company was also supplying parts to the nuclear black
market. The company was Bikar Metal Asia Pte Ltd. They have said they were unaware
their parts were meant for a nuclear weapons ring. The only account of this
$ingapore connection is in the Asian Wall Street Journal. No $ingapore paper
carried a comprehensive report on Bikar Metal. But we get plenty of reports
on Abu Bakar Bashir.
The Asian Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2026
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN
The nation-builder press, March 4, 2026
In the above report, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
Albar said: "The whole thing is over already." He was referring to US accusations
that a Malaysian permanent resident Bukary Syed Abu Tahir was manufacturing
nuclear bomb components with a Malaysian company directly linked to PM Abdullah
Badawi's son, Kamaluddin.
Although Malaysian police have published a report that confirms Mr Tahir was
sending the parts to Libya, the police did not arrest him. Tahir is a Sri Lankan
citizen married to a Malaysian.
The nation-builder press, March 8, 2026
In the above report, Malaysia used the Internal Security
Act to arrest six Indonesians they claimed were "terrorists." And people who
make nuclear bombs are not?
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MALAYSIA'S ROAD TO REFORMASI
When Malaysia named
names and charged VIPs and even a minister for corruption, it came almost at
the same time US intelligence agents were getting ready to announce a key Malaysian
link in the secret nuclear network operated by a Pakistani scientist. Over the
past week, PM Abdullah Badawi’s only son, Kamaluddin, found out that a
company he controlled was named by US intelligence as the manufacturer of centrifuge
parts for the nuclear black market. Below is how the revelation came about:
WHAT U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH SAID
These are the exact
words used by President George W Bush when he answered questions after a speech
at the National Defense University, Feb 11, 2004:
"To increase their profits, Khan [Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer
Khan] and his associates used a factory in Malaysia
to manufacture key parts for centrifuges [used for enriching uranium
for nuclear bombs]."
President Bush clearly identified the link man in Malaysia:
"Khan’s deputy — a man named BSA Tahir
— ran SMB computers, a business in Dubai. Tahir used that computer
company as a front for the proliferation activities of the A Q Khan network.
Tahir acted as both the network’s chief financial officer and money launderer.
He was also its shipping agent, using his computer firm as cover for the movement
of centrifuge parts to various clients. Tahir directed
the Malaysia facility to produce these parts based on Pakistani designs,
and then ordered the facility to ship the components to Dubai. Tahir also arranged
for parts acquired by other European procurement agents to transit through Dubai
for shipment to other customers."
President Bush did not let up on pinpointing the Malaysian connection:
"Mr Tahir is in Malaysia, where authorities
are investigating his activities. Malaysian authorities
have assured us that the factory the network used is no longer producing centrifuge
parts. Other members of the network remain at large…As a result
of our penetration of the network, American and the
British intelligence identified the shipment of advanced centrifuge parts manufactured
at the Malaysian facility. We followed the shipment of these parts
to Dubai, and watched as they were transferred to the BBC China, a German-owned
ship. After the ship passed through the Suez Canal, bound for Libya, it was
stopped…"
Briefly, President Bush has
- fingered Bukary Syed Abu Tahir, a Sri Lankan staying in Kuala Lumpur, as a
deputy of Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan.
- Tahir is said to be Khan’s chief financial officer and the coordinator
of the manufacture and distribution of various components that can make a nuclear
bomb.
- The name of the alleged factory, Scomi Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd, was
found on the boxes that contained the centrifuge parts found on the BBC China,
a German-owned cargo ship.
- Scomi is a company based in Malaysia and part of the Scomi Group. The man
who owns the controlling stake in Scomi Group is Mr Kamaludin Abdullah, the
35-year-old son of PM Abdullah Badawi.
The reaction in Malaysia was like this: Scomi has admitted making the parts
but have said they were unaware of its final destination. They thought the parts
were to be used for oil and gas industries. A company in $ingapore who supplied
parts to Scomi have made the same plea of ignorance.
On Feb 20, 2004, Malaysian police, after denying for two weeks any wrongdoing
in Malaysia, released a report that agreed with President Bush that indeed Tahir
"had known that the centrifuge components manufactured by Scomi Precise
Engineering (Scope) were destined for use in Libya's uranium enrichment programme".
However,
no one in Malaysia has been arrested.
Here are three ironies
worth noting:
- President
Bush is the same man who compiled a thick dossier of "evidence" that
Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The "evidence" was claimed to
be detailed and accurate. Those weapons have not been found nine months after
the war ended.
- Malaysia used the Internal Security Act against Malaysians whom US intelligence
claimed were part of a terror network called the Jemaah Islamiah [JI]. Many
allegations have been made against the detainees but none of the charges and
claims have been proven in court. However, about 90 Malaysians remain in detention.
- The US has now uncovered a nuclear proliferation ring within Pakistan, a key
ally in the US-led war against Iraq. The US invaded Iraq because they said Iraq
had weapons of mass destruction. But they didn’t. Instead their ally, Pakistan,
had a secret ring selling nuclear secrets. The president
of Pakistan has decided to pardon the alleged ring leader, Prof AQ Khan,
the country’s leading nuclear scientist.
This is our fave clip of the ISA detentions so far:
The nation-builder press, Jan 28, 2004.
Yazid Sufaat was arrested in December 2001, about the same time $ingapore
began arresting $ingaporeans alleged to be members of JI. In the above report,
US and Malaysian security officials after two years now claim Yazid was the
man running Osama Bin Laden’s "chemical and biological weapons program".
These claims remain unproven.
When asked
if the US were interested in interrogating Yazid, this is what the Malaysian
Foreign Minister Syd Hamid Albar said: "We are always ready to cooperate
with any quarter in helping combat international terrorism."
Ninety Malaysians are under ISA detention for being
alleged members of JI but Bukary Syed Abu Tahir, an alleged member of a nuclear
proliferation ring, remains free while Pakistan has pardoned the alleged nuclear
ringleader Prof AQ Khan. What’s going on?
More here:
Police: Tahir knew Scope's parts destined for Libya
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2004022000114144.php
Probe Scope independently call from DAP, PAS
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2004022100114158.php
Read Yazid’s story here
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/200204130015245.php
