[Al Jazeera] Malaysia has called for an organization of Islamic countries to help end the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Moslem minority, while Indonesia has offered to be a controller to find a solution to the ongoing crisis.
Prime Minister Najib Razak told the opening of a special meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation that the violence against Rohingya, which has galvanised Moslems in Southeast Asia, was no longer Myanmar's internal affair as it has fuelled an exodus of refugees that could destabilise the region.
He claimed that the violence must end otherwise gangs including 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIS, as know as ISIS) could infiltrate the Rohingya.
"OIC member states are well aware that terrorist organizations such as ISIS could seek to take advantage of this situation," Najib said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
Security forces in Buddhist-majority Myanmar are accused of widespread abuses against the Rohingya, including killings, rape and the burning of thousands of homes that have driven an estimated 65,000 refugees across the border into Bangladesh in the past three months.
Myanmar's army began the latest crackdown in Rakhine state in October after nine coppers were killed along the border with Bangladesh.
[Mindanao Examiner] Abu Sayyaf militants on Thursday freed two Philippine fishermen in the southern province of Sulu. The pair – Esteban Janamjam and Dolcesimo Almires – were recovered in the village of Tagbak, a known Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Indanan town. It is not known whether their families had paid ransoms or not.
Both men were seized by rebels in October last year off Pangutaran town, also in Sulu.
The military said the men were rescued by soldiers after intercepting them from two Abu Sayyaf guards who managed to escape but there was no immediate confirmation from the police.
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[Bangkok Post] Malaysian police detained six men for alleged involvement in bomb-making during separate raids in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, just across the border from Thailand. The suspects were picked up at their homes in a series of raids which began early Sunday morning. The arrests were announced on Monday.
Kelantan police chief Ab Rahman Ismail said the police found several items, including bomb-making components. He said, "We do not rule out the possibility the suspects were linked to the Daesh militant group."
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[Bangkok Post] A member of the RKK insurgent group was killed in a clash with a Thai security unit in Yala province early on Monday.
About 3 a.m. the security team laid siege to a house in Raman district. They had been told RKK militant Koseng Niya was hiding there. While authorities were negotiating with homeowner Muhamad Ruslan Kotabaru for Koseng to surrender, Koseng jumped from a window and opened fire as he made a bid to escape.
Koseng was killed during the exchange of fire. His body was found under the house. He was holding a 9mm handgun with eight bullets left in it.
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[Bangkok Post] A member of the RKK insurgent group was killed in a clash with a Thai security unit in Yala province early on Monday.
