KUALA LUMPUR: Police detained several individuals, including two Filipinos, on suspicion of being involved with terrorist groups in operations in Kelantan, Selangor, Sabah and Kedah.
Inspector-general of police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, in a statement yesterday, said the suspects were arrested in operations conducted by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) between Nov 19 and 28 this year.
He said the first arrest involved a local, aged 28, in Kelantan on Nov 19, who is believed to have received instruction from one Akel Zainal, who is a Malaysian and member of the Daesh terror group in Syria, to launch an attack in the country.
The second arrest, he said, was made in Kajang, Selangor, on Nov 20, involving a 52-year-old engineer of an oil and gas company.
The suspect is believed to have channelled fund amounting to about RM14,000 in 2016 and 2017 to a Malaysian known as Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, who joined the Daesh militant group in Syria, to finance terrorist activities.
Mohamad Fuzi said the third arrest was made with the cooperation of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) of a 45-year-old Filipino farmer in Tawau, Sabah, on Nov 21. – Bernama
