(Malaysiakini) French lawyer William Bourdon, who was in Penang last night to speak about the controversial Scorpene submarines deal allegedly involving millions of ringgit in kickbacks to Malaysian government officials, was detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
It is understood that he will be deported later today.
According
to Suaram director Cynthia Gabriel, immigration officials boarded the
aircraft and detained Bourdon after their plane touched down at KLIA in
Sepang this morning."He was taken to the immigration holding centre at KLIA," Gabriel told Malaysiakini.
Initially, the immigration officers did not allow Bourdon's wife Lia Foriester, also a lawyer, to accompany him to the holding centre.
Following some negotiations, she was allowed to do so.
According to Gabriel, the officers wanted to "question" Bourdon.
At a packed dinner in Penang last night to raise funds for the pending Scorpene trial in France in which the NGO Suaram is involved, Bourdon said the case would also expose details of secret meetings of those involved.
He said those beneficiaries and kickbacks from the RM7.3 billion Scorpene submarine deal would be exposed when the matter is raised at the French corruption trial against defence giant DCNS.
At a packed dinner in Penang last night to raise funds for the pending Scorpene trial in France in which the NGO Suaram is involved, Bourdon said the case would also expose details of secret meetings of those involved.
He said those beneficiaries and kickbacks from the RM7.3 billion Scorpene submarine deal would be exposed when the matter is raised at the French corruption trial against defence giant DCNS.
Bourdon arrived yesterday but did not go through KLIA immigration as he was in transit to Penang.
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