Malaysia police sue 'Asiaweek'

Malaysia police sue 'Asiaweek'

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police have lodged a report against Asiaweek magazine over an article about break-ins at residences of foreign diplomats in the country, a news report said yesterday.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Bakri Omar said the report, under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, would enable a probe into false allegations in the article titled Hardship in Asiaweek's Oct. 3 issue. The magazine is distributed here ahead of its listed date.

"The article in the magazine stating that there were 100 cases of break-ins and robberies involving foreign diplomats within a period of two years, is completely unfounded," Bakri was reported as saying in The Star.

There were 12 criminal cases reported involving the residences or offices of foreign diplomats last year, and seven had been reported this year, he said.

Asiaweek also quoted some diplomats, without identifying them or their countries, as saying Malaysian authorities were not giving adequate attention to their security problems.