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| European among 5 detained in Malaysia over Daesh links | |
| 2015-12-06 | |
| [AA.TR] Malaysian police have detained five people -- including a European teacher -- on suspicion of links with Daesh [Islamic State] and Al-Qaeda turban groups. Inspector-General Khalid Abu Bakar said Saturday that the European was tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! in Island state Penang while working as a part-time English tutor.
Four of the detainees were foreign nationals, while one was a Malaysian. The Indonesian and Malaysian are "suspected of acting as controller to organize individuals from Malaysia and some Southeast Asian countries to join the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Syria," using an alternative acronym for Daesh [Islamic State]. The statement said that the suspects -- all men -- were detained in five separate operations by the police's counter-terrorism unit between Nov. 17 to Dec. 1 in five different states nationwide. All will be investigated under the Security Offences Act ( Special Measures) 2012 (Act 747) and the Immigration Act 1959/63. Malaysia is on alert after Thai police confirmed Friday that the Russian intelligence service had warned of a possible attack on Russian assets in Thailand -- Malaysia's southern neighbor -- by Daesh [Islamic State]-linked turbans. The previously unconfirmed memo had asked police to investigate claims that ten Syrian nationals with links to Daesh [Islamic State] had entered Thailand with the intention of carrying out attacks on Russians in the popular tourist resorts of Pattaya and Phuket. Malaysia has detained more than 130 people suspected of links with Daesh [Islamic State] or other turban groups since last year. In April, the Home Ministry formulated new anti-terror laws that will reintroduce indefinite detention without trial and allow the seizure of passports of anyone suspected of supporting terror acts in a bid to curb suspected turban activities in the country. | |
| Posted by:Fred |