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Hambali’s wife in Malaysian custody for questioning
More Leverage on the Hambone
KUALA LUMPUR: Hambali’s Malaysian wife, Noralwizah Lee Abdullah, has been handed over to the federal police here by their Thai counterparts.

It is learnt that Noralwizah @ Lee Yin Len, who was arrested together with Hambali in the central Thai city of Ayutthaya on Monday, was flown into the country escorted by both Thai and Malaysian police.
your husband? Oh...he’ll be enjoying the evils of GITMO!
Sources said Special Branch officers from the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman then took her into their custody. However, it is not immediately known where she is being detained.

In Bangkok, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed that Hambali, dubbed by Western media as the Osama bin Laden of the East, had been planning an attack on the Apec summit scheduled to be held in Bangkok at the end of October.
“He was not just using Thailand as a transit point. He came to mount a terrorist attack. The investigation uncovered an attack being planned for the Apec meeting,” Thaksin told reporters.

The meeting in the Thai capital will bring together 21 world leaders including US President George W. Bush.

However, Thaksin refused to state where Hambali, widely said to be terror organisation al-Qaeda’s point man in Asia, was now being held although news agencies reported that he was now in US custody.
As Fred says: "I cannot say more"
Hambali is accused of plotting last year’s bombings on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali as well as a string of other attacks.

Sources said the 33-year-old Noralwizah, who followed her husband to go into hiding, would be able to provide valuable information regarding her husband’s activities. They want to question her on Hambali’s associates and their whereabouts.
be a good check on his stories... "that’s not what your wife said.."
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai, who confirmed that Noralwizah was in Malaysian police custody, said: “We requested for her to be handed over to us so that she can assist us in our investigations.”

Noralwizah, a Sabahan, married Hambali after they met at the Luqmanul Hakiem school in Ulu Tiram, Johor. The school was founded by Abdullah Sungkar and Abubakar Ba’asyir - both known leaders of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a militant group with ties to al-Qaeda.

Her sister Ai Lin @ Norfadilah Lee is married to Dandand Surman @ Abu Yusof, another JI member who is also on the run.

The sources said Noralwizah and Hambali shuttled between Thailand and Cambodia frequently.

Hambali allegedly used a fake Spanish passport while Noralwizah is said to have used her Malaysian passport.

The sources said that Hambali was wearing a pair of jeans and a T-shirt as well as a baseball cap and sunglasses when he was nabbed at the apartment complex where he and Noralwizah were staying.
He looked like Elvis after the plastic surgery, big mistake
Thai newspapers also reported that police seized a substantial amount of explosives and firearms from him during the raid.

In Pekan, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak warned that there might be other JI terrorist cells in the region, reports ZULKIFLI ABDUL RAHMAN. ?
Najib said Hambali’s arrest was the result of good co-operation between Malaysian and regional intelligence authorities, adding that the spirit of information sharing among the countries on terrorism should be applauded.

”However, we should not consider that his arrest means that the terrorism threat in the region is over.

“We must continue to be on the lookout for subversive activities here or anywhere else at all times,” Najib said at a social gathering with soldiers and villagers.
a social gathering involving interrogations and searches?
Posted by: Frank G 2003-08-16
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