Secretive agency has over 1,000 personnel worldwide


KUALA LUMPUR: A little-known Malaysian spy agency, whose letter to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was leaked, has more than 1,000 agents and non-covert personnel posted around the world.

This and other little-known facts about the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (Meio) came to light during a media conference held by the lawyer of the agency’s former head Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid.

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