A suspected senior member of the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group has been freed from prison in Malaysia and is likely to be deported to his home country, Indonesia, officials said Saturday.
Mohamad Iqbal Abdul Rahman, an Indonesian granted permanent residency in Malaysia, was released and handed to immigration officials in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, lawyer Latifah Koya told The Associated Press. Iqbal's wife, Fatimah Zahrah Abdul Aziz, said immigration officials told her he would be deported to Indonesia soon. |