The secretary of a KL-based Iranian company that is being investigated for alleged procurement of goods for Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities, said he was interviewed by Malaysia’s Special Branch earlier this year about his employers and their business.

NONE Since then, however, Chan Che San has not heard from the authorities or the Iranian nationals who had hired him to register their company and provide a registered address in Kuala Lumpur for their business.

“I don’t know what has happened to the company. Nothing has been happening for some time,” Chan said when met at the registered office of Skylife Worldwide Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur today.

“The Special Branch came and asked me questions about the company, and that was it,” he added.   

Malaysiakini reported yesterday that Skylife Worldwide and another Iranian company also based in Kuala Lumpur had been on the US intelligence radar on suspicion of being part of a network of companies procuring 'sensitive goods' for Iranian entities.

In a document acquired by whistleblower website Wikileaks and released on the Internet last Sunday, Skylife Worldwide and Electronics Component Limited (ECL) were said to be in violation of international trade agreements and sanctions against Iran's nuclear development programme.

Khoshnevisrad arrested

According to a search at the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM), Skylife Worldwide is jointly owned by a Malaysian and two foreigners.

NONE It was registered in 2007 at Chan's office address at Wisma Central (left) , Jalan Ampang.

Not much is known about the company, other than it provides information technology consultancy, commercial trading, commission agency, engineering works and consultancy services involving the aviation industry.

The CCM has no record of ECL.

Chan, said he has helped many Iranian nationals set up and register their businesses, but has not been in contact with the Iranian owners of Skylife Worldwide.

One of them - Hosseinali Khoshnevisrad Ali - was reportedly arrested in March 2009 in the US over claims he was seeking western technology for weapons, said Chan.

“I read about it a long time ago. I don’t know what’s happened since."

Reports linked Khoshnevisrad to a scheme to acquire millions of dollars worth of parts for military helicopters, jet fighters, ballistic missiles and improvised explosive devices using Malaysian and European companies as middlemen.