 A Pakistani nuclear scientist who admitted selling atomic secrets to North Korea, Libya and Iran has said that he made his confession under duress. Abdul Qadeer Khan said that his televised admission in 2004 was forced upon him by the government of Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president.
| "Yeah. Dey made me do it!" |
"It was not of my own free will. It was handed into my hand," the 72-year-old, under house arrest in Islamabad ,told the UK's Guardian newspaper. In addition, he said that he never swore to co-operate with investigators from the UN's nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "Why should I talk to them?" he said "I am under no obligation. We are not a signatory to the NPT [nuclear non-proliferation treaty]. I have not violated international laws." |