Indonesian Detained in Malaysia for Links to Foreign Militants

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (News Today) - Malaysia police said 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 Southeast 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.

Bashir served almost 26 months for conspiracy over the 2002 attacks by JI on Bali nightspots that killed 202 people, before he was cleared and released in 2006. He is now accused of funding and training extremists who were planning a wave of attacks in Jakarta.

Source : kompas

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