Malaysian police arrest 13 over IS 'links': report

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Malaysian police arrest 13 over IS 'links': report

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian police have arrested 13 people believed to have "links" with the Islamic State, a report said Wednesday, as concern grows over the extremist group's appeal in the moderate Muslim country.

The Star newspaper quoted national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar as saying the 13 Malaysians were arrested in a raid on a restaurant in a Kuala Lumpur suburb.

He added they bring the number of people arrested since April this year over suspected IS links to 36.

"We are constantly monitoring these kinds of activities. Militancy and terrorism have no place in this country," he was quoted saying.

The story gave no further details on the nature of the alleged IS links. Khalid and other senior police officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Authorities have previously confirmed at least 30 to 40 Malaysians had already joined the bloody civil war in Syria, and that IS supporters were actively seeking more recruits via social media.

Officials fear recruits will become radicalised and bring back violent extremist views.

The story did not say whether the 13 arrested had planned to travel to Syria.

In August, Malaysian police said they foiled a plot for a wave of bombings drawn up by radical Islamic militants inspired by the Islamic State group.

More than a dozen people arrested from April to June were formulating plans to bomb pubs, discos and a Malaysian brewery of Danish beer producer Carlsberg, police said, adding that some had planned to travel to Syria first.

Local media have previously reported that 26-year-old Malaysian factory worker Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki killed 25 elite Iraqi soldiers in a suicide car-bomb attack there in May.

Malaysia has previously been home to several suspected key figures in groups such as al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asia-based organisation blamed for the deadly 2002 Bali bombings and numerous other attacks.

But the activities of such regionally based groups have been greatly diminished by counter-terror actions over the years.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-10-15

[JockPieandBeans]

Whilst some posters on here have waxed lyrical about the wonderful multicultural Country Malaysia is.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian police have arrested 13 people believed to have "links" with the Islamic State, a report said Wednesday, as concern grows over the extremist group's appeal in the moderate Muslim country.

It seems strange, that it appears that the appeal of a group of Islamist nutjobs is growing. I wonder why that would be ?

[razer]

Islamists have found safe harbor in Malaysia for a long time. I suspect the Western countries have brought pressure to bear on the Malaysian government and inteligence services are assisting.

[Mot Dang]

"Do you feel that there is no meaning to life (your miserable life), and you seem to lack any empathy for those that are suffering. Do you question why there are other faiths, and that they should be eliminated. Do you identify with being a xenophobe ? Do you hate women or is it just those women of conquered infidels that you believe should be enslaved and abused ? Did other people, in particular girls, think that you were pathetic when you were growing up ? Do you like playing with automatic weapons ? Can you get your pecker up ? No, then go to your nearest IS recruitment office now. But be careful there are people looking out for you that know the meaning of humanity."

[ggt]

the number of people arrested since April this year over suspected IS links to 36.

This reinforces my fears about IS spreading their vile message in all countries...there is no doubt they have sleeper cells in the US and Europe...they are very well funded and their message of death and destruction resonates with ignorant Islamic terrorists types...

I am predicting an international coordinated attack on innocent people...somewhat reminiscent of the Vietnamese "Tet" offensive...

[H1w4yR1da]

Damn! Yet another Islamic Jihadist thread! They're overwhelming.

[Jaggg88]

It's quite simply a passage of rights for these young impressionable Muslims just like young impressionable Christians becoming left wing or even communist and then growing up to be Tory lawyers. I bet if you could be a fly on the wall in Syria there are a lot of young boys who want to go home to mummy. For many of them its almost like an Islamic gap year that turns into a nightmare.