PM'S LOSS: (Feb 2) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s mother Datuk Kailan Hassan passed away after complaining of chest pains. Kailan, 78, left behind four children – Abdullah, Datuk Ibrahim, Aminah and Mohd Tahir, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was buried next to her father-in-law’s grave in Kelapa Batas on Wednesday.
SCOMI PROBE: (Feb 5) Police are probing allegations that a Malaysian firm had manufactured components for the making of centrifuges used in the production of nuclear weapons in Libya. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Omar said that initial investigations into the alleged manufacturing and shipment to Libya so far revealed that the firm Scomi, which is controlled by the Prime Minister’s son, did not posses the technology or the expertise to build a centrifuge.
