Azmi Denies Trip To China Because Of Nude Squat Issue
Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid
Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia):
Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said Monday his visit to 
China on Dec 5 was concerning immigration issues, not because of the nude ear squat video clip incident involving a woman detainee who was believed to be a Chinese national.
He said his eight-day visit to China was following a directive of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Nov 10, long before the video clip issue surfaced on Nov 24."The visit was postponed because on Nov 17 I was directed by the prime minister to go to Pakistan first on official matters," he said in a statement on his visit to China from Dec 5 to 12.
Azmi said coincidentally his visit, which was close to the East Asian Summit and Asean+3 in Kuala Lumpur, had been able to give some comfort in the meeting between China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Abdullah throughout the summit.
Dec 19, 2005
Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid
Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia):
Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said Monday his visit to
China on Dec 5 was concerning immigration issues, not because of the nude ear squat video clip incident involving a woman detainee who was believed to be a Chinese national.He said his eight-day visit to China was following a directive of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Nov 10, long before the video clip issue surfaced on Nov 24."The visit was postponed because on Nov 17 I was directed by the prime minister to go to Pakistan first on official matters," he said in a statement on his visit to China from Dec 5 to 12.
Azmi said coincidentally his visit, which was close to the East Asian Summit and Asean+3 in Kuala Lumpur, had been able to give some comfort in the meeting between China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Abdullah throughout the summit.
Dec 19, 2005
