Amanah wants Bukit Aman to probe N Korean spy firm
Parti Amanah Negara submitted a memorandum to the Bukit Aman police headquarters today, demanding investigations on North Korean-linked security equipment firm Glocom's presence in Malaysia.
Reuters reported last month that a North Korea spy agency was operating in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, selling battlefield radio equipment under the name of Glocom (Global Communications Co), thereby violating United Nations sanctions.
Parti Amanah Negara submitted a memorandum to the Bukit Aman police headquarters today, demanding investigations on North Korean-linked security equipment firm Glocom's presence in Malaysia.
Reuters reported last month that a North Korea spy agency was operating in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, selling battlefield radio equipment under the name of Glocom (Global Communications Co), thereby violating United Nations sanctions.
"We request an investigation into the information reported by local and international media about a local company believed to be operated by North Koreans.
"We don't want this country to become a hotspot for human trafficking, drug trafficking, and now, a country selling their (North Korean) military equipment to the international market," Amanah vice-president Salahuddin Ayub told reporters at the gate to the police headquarters.
He also demanded that inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar investigate Glocom and its ties to a "political heavyweight".
Salahuddin was likely referring to Umno Veterans Club national secretary Mustapha Ya'akub, who was involved in setting up International Global System (M) Sdn Bhd, a company linked to Glocom.
However, the IGP has said that no company by the name of Glocom exists in Malaysia and that the two companies linked to Glocom are in the process of being struck off.
Wisma Putra had also rejected reports that Malaysia violated UN sanctions on the hermit nation.
An earlier website of Glocom's website was taken down, but a new one has emerged advertising battlefield radio equipment with two "new" products.
Glocom also exhibited their products three times in the Defence Service Asia (DSA) weapons exhibition since 2006.
Their website also claimed that as of last year, the company has 100 engineers and other employees, 50 more from 2014. It is unclear if the employees are based in Malaysia.
Diplomatic ties between the two nations have turned sour following Kim Jong-Nam's death at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) early last month.
Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, had been living in exile since 2003.
Malaysian investigators said he was poisoned using the nerve agent VX by two women at the busy airport before he was due to fly to Macau.


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