WorldBEIJING, AFP -China said Tuesday it opposes a US decision to bring criminal charges against a Chinese firm and executives for their alleged role in supporting North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. Beijing has expressed its position directly to the US in recent communications, he added during a regular briefing. In parallel the Treasury added the company and the four individuals to a sanctions blacklist, making them ineligible to do business with American individuals or companies, particularly financial firms. That could have been enough to fund North Korea's uranium enrichment facilities, and to design, make, and test its nuclear weapons, the report said. The North carried out its fifth and most powerful atomic weapons test this month, sparking moves to impose even tougher sanctions.

Source: Sunday Times September 27, 2016 13:07 UTC