Kamal uddin abdullah ahmad badawi biography

COZY Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's only son shared a boardroom with Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, who US President Bush called a major cog in the nuclear-black-market machine

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A Sri Lankan accused of being the chief financial officer for an international nuclear black market sat on the board of a company owned by the Malaysian prime minister's only son, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The connection indicates that alleged senior members of the network established by Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, were able to woo partners in the highest levels of society.

In the Malaysian case, the partners said they had no idea deals were being made to fashion parts that could be used to make nuclear weapons.

The documents, obtained via searches of publicly accessible files, reveal a paper trail through privately held and publicly listed companies that outlines ties between the prime minister's son, Kamaluddin Abdullah, and the Sri Lankan, Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, as well as his Malaysian wife.

The documents show that the men were top executives at Kaspadu Sdn Bhd when Tahir negotiated a deal for a company linked to Kaspadu, Scomi Precision Engineering, to build components that Western intelligence agencies allege were for use in Libya's nuclear program.

US President George W. Bush last week called Tahir the "chief financial officer and money launderer" of the black market network led by Khan, who has admitted selling nuclear technology and know-how to Iran, North Korea and Libya.

Kamaluddin's company, the Scomi Group, previously acknowledged that its subsidiary Scomi Precision Engineering fulfilled a contract for machine parts that was negotiated by Tahir.

Nonproliferation authorities say the parts were for centrifuges _ sophisticated machines that can be used to enrich uranium for weapons and other purposes _ but Scomi says it did not know what the parts were t

Spouse of former 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia,

TunJeanne Abdullah née Danker (born 29 July 1953) is married to the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She married Abdullah Badawi while he was in office. She is his second wife after the death of Badawi's first wife, Endon Mahmood.

Jeanne was formerly married to the younger brother of Abdullah's first late wife. She was also a manager at the Seri Perdana residential complex and has two children from her previous marriage. However, earlier in March that year, the premier dismissed rumours about his plans to remarry even though the rumours had been circulating for more than a year.

Early life

Born Jeanne Danker on 29 July 1953 in Kuala Lumpur to a Roman CatholicPortuguese-Eurasian (Kristang) family with roots in the state of Malacca, she was the eldest of four siblings. She is an alumna of SMK Assunta in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Jeanne later converted to Islam at the age of 23, when she married her first husband, Othman Mahmood, who was the younger brother of Abdullah's first late wife, Tun Endon Mahmood.

Jeanne worked in the hotel management field at major hotels including Kuala Lumpur Hilton and the Pan Pacific Hotel. At one point, she was supervisor of the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister's official residence while Abdullah Badawi was Deputy Prime Minister, and became the manager of Seri Perdana, the Prime Minister's residence, when Abdullah assumed the premiership.

Family

Jeanne has two daughters, Nadiah Kimie, 46 and Nadene Kimie, 44 from her previous marriage. Nadiah runs a visual communications company in Kuala Lumpur. Nadene is involved in the fashion industry, dealing with fashion-related and lifestyle projects.

Marriage with Abdullah

On 9 June 2007, she was escorted in a Proton Chancellor car bearing the P