India may raise Zakir Naik issue again during PM’s Malaysia visit

While India and Malaysia volition look to ramp up commercialized and defence ties during PM Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Kuala Lumpur implicit the weekend, the contented of fugitive Zakir Naik’s extradition is besides apt to beryllium raised by the Indian side.

The sojourn is apt to spot signing of respective MoUs, including 1 for practice with Malaysia’s thriving semiconductor industry.“We person had opportunities to sermon the contented successful past visits besides astatine assorted levels. And, we volition astir apt proceed to instrumentality up the contented until each method procedures are completed, and we anticipation to get the result that we desire,” said MEA caput (east) P Kumaran, responding to a question astir Naik.India and Malaysia person an extradition treaty, but the case, arsenic Malaysia maintains, volition beryllium resolved based connected judicial consideration. The authoritative said that Modi and his counterpart Anwar Ibrahim volition reappraisal advancement nether the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, particularly successful precedence areas of practice specified arsenic trade, investments, defence, security, semiconductors, integer technologies, renewable energy, education, healthcare, and people-to-people exchanges.

Kumaran besides underlined the imaginable for defence practice betwixt the 2 countries, saying that India is looking astatine merchantability of Dornier craft to Malaysia. “Malaysia besides has Scorpene submarines. We are looking astatine opportunities to effort and collaborate, particularly successful presumption of mid-life upgrades, retrofitting etc,” said the official.