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| Southeast Asia |
| Police arrest seven over Internet terror rumours |
| 2002-12-19 |
| The police today said they had arrested six women and a man for allegedly sending e-mails to the Australian High Commission and other Internet addresses warning of bomb attacks on major shopping centres here. Ahmad Bahrin Idrus, Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief, said the suspects had been picked up under the Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial, but had been released on police bail. That's an indication the Malays regard them as jerkoffs, not as terrorists... "We will continue to arrest those who spread the e-mail rumour. We are investigating the motive of their action and the source of the e-mail," he told reporters. "Huh huh! This is so-o-o-o-o neat!... Uh. Hullo, officer!" The e-mails claimed that terrorists were planning to bomb major shopping complexes patronised by both locals and foreigners. "It's so funny, the way they run around when I cry 'wolf!' Huh huh!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |