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freezes Lankan businessman's assets The accounts of SMB Computers, a company founded by Buhary had been frozen by the UAE Central Bank earlier this week. "The UAE Central Bank has frozen all accounts related to SMB Computers Co. as part of the investigation," Sultan bin Nasser al-Suweidi had told reporters on the sidelines of a conference held in the capital, Abu Dhabi, to regulate an informal system of money transfer known as hawala. SMB is a Dubai-based company established by Tahir and his brother, Syed Ibrahim Buhary, that President Bush alleged was used as a front by Tahir for clandestine movement of parts for nuclear centrifuges. The company is part of a small-business empire with interests in Pakistan, Iran and Libya, key countries linked to the clandestine nuclear weapons network. Al-Suweidi said results of the investigation will be revealed soon. Authorities also shut down the company's operations in Dubai, the Gulf News reported earlier this week. Tahir, who is married to a Malaysian, is believed to be living in Malaysia, where he has been questioned by police and kept under surveillance, but is not in custody. Al-Suweidi said earlier that authorities also have confiscated $3 million in terror-related funds and frozen 14 accounts of companies and individuals named on lists by the United Nations and the United States. |
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