Three men, including an Indonesian with permanent resident status, were detained for suspected involvement in the Islamic State (IS)

Two security guards among three suspected IS militants nabbed in raids

Counter Terrorism officers arresting the 38-year-old Malaysian, suspected of being an IS militant in Kuala Lumpur.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Three men, including an Indonesian with permanent resident status, were detained for suspected involvement in the Islamic State (IS) terror group following raids in the city and in Pahang.

Among the suspects arrested by the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division on Jan 27 and Jan 29 were two security guards.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the 37-year-old Indonesian was arrested on Jan 27 in Kuantan.

“He was working as a security guard at Malaysia Airlines.

“He had connections to Malaysian IS militants fighting in Syria as we also detected that he went to Turkey in 2013,” he said in a statement Tuesday.

The counter-terrorism division also seized an air-soft gun along with three volumes of Tarbiyah Jihadiyyah, added Khalid.

“We discovered that the suspect planned to bring his wife with him to Syria to join the IS there,” he said.

Khalid said the second suspect - a 32-year-old Malaysian - was a security guard at a private company and he was also detained in Kuantan on Jan 27.

“We seized a “Trusty PM 4” shotgun from the suspect.

“The suspect also had plans to go to Syria,” he said.

The IGP said the last suspect - a 38-year-old Malaysian - was detained in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 29.

“He had threatened to attack the Negri Sembilan mufti's department, claiming that it did not follow the teachings of Islam.

“He also threatened to bomb several locations in Kuala Lumpur,” he said, adding that the suspects were held under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).

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