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| Southeast Asia |
| 3 detained for links to militants |
| 2010-08-12 |
| [Straits Times] MALAYSIA police said on Wednesday they had detained an Indonesian and two Malaysians for their links to a foreign militant group and for activities that could affect national security. Police chief Musa Hassan told state news agency Bernama that Indonesian marketing executive Mustawan Ahbab, 34, Malaysian contractor Samsul Hamidi, 34, and businessman Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Junaid, 70, had been arrested under the country's tough Internal Security Act. Bernama's brief report gave no details of which foreign militant group the three were allegedly linked to, and police could not be reached for comment. Last month, Malaysia confirmed it had arrested a man accused of recruiting students for the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror organisation. Authorities have said that Islamic militants are trying to revive JI, a South-east Asian terror outfit, by attracting new members from Malaysian universities. The detentions follow Monday's arrest in Indonesia of radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir for his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants. |
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