Mahathir renews warning on NGOs

Mahathir renews warning on NGOs

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has warned the government would act against non-governmental organizations which took part in what it described as an outlawed meeting on East Timor.

"I would like to clarify the government's stand against the NGOs. They are ordinary bodies and if they commit wrong, action will be taken," Mahathir was reported saying by The Sun daily yesterday.

The country's laws allowed closed-door meetings but Mahathir said the East Timor conference held in Kuala Lumpur was a public meeting as it was attended by foreign participants holding visitors passes as well as journalists.