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SEVERAL media outlets have recently repeated claims that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison asked then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to drop licence conditions imposed on Lynas in August 2019.
These claims are false. The Australian government did not request the Malaysian government to remove or change the conditions in the six-month licence Lynas was granted on August 15, 2019.
In fact, the Australian government welcomed the decision by the Malaysian government to grant Lynas a six-month licence in August 2019 and a three-year licence in February 2020. Likewise, Lynas announced it expected to satisfy the new conditions in its licence.
I published an op-ed on August 16, 2019, in Sin Chew Daily and The Star, praising the Malaysian government’s pro-science decision for signalling that Malaysia is a safe destination for serious investment in advanced manufacturing.
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