Malaysian-born astrophysicist allegedly paid to write 'doubtful' climate change reports

Malaysians Abroad: Willie Wei- Hock Soon, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts

PETALING JAYA: A Kangar-born astrophysicist took money in exchange for writing allegedly doubtful reports on climate change, the international media has claimed.

In a New York Times report, Dr Willie Wei-Hock Soon was alleged to have received more than US$1.2mil (RM4.36mil) from the fossil fuel industry over the past decade.