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Monday, October 08, 2012

Malaysia says purchase of submarines followed legal procedures

Scorpene class submarine |Malaysia’s Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the Auditor-General has already explained that the purchase of Scorpene submarines was made according to legal procedures and his official report must be accepted by all.

In response to the opposition’s plan to bring in a French lawyer, William Bourdon, to brief the Malaysian lawmakers on court proceedings in France on the purchase of the submarines, Zahid hoped no side would twist the existing facts on the matter.

He was also in the opinion “that the lawyer was invited to Malaysia by the opposition merely with political motive and not so much for legal business.”

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