High alert after report IS suspect fled to Thailand

[webfact]

High alert after report IS suspect fled to Thailand
By The Nation

 

Muhammad Muzaffa

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday instructed relevant agencies to be on alert after Malaysia revealed that a suspect linked to the Islamic State (IS), Muhammad Muzaffa Arieff Junaidi, had possibly fled to Thailand’s deep South.

 

Muhammad, 27, from Malaysia’s Kelantan state, is believed to have been running an IS cell. Six suspects linked to that cell were arrested in March in several Malaysian states. 

 

“He managed to escape to southern Thailand with an M4 Carbine rifle and a pistol on March 22. He is also involved in smuggling weapons from southern Thailand,” Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said.

 

Prayut said Thai authorities were ready to cooperate with Malaysia on a joint investigation and extradition of the suspect, but he urged the media not to play up the issue.

 

“Please don’t play up the security matter. It’s dangerous,” Prayut said.

 

The Thai Army has contacted Malaysia for more information, Fourth Army Region Commander Lt-General Piyawat Nakwanich said.

 

There is no active IS movement in the deep South, he said, adding that border control authorities are very strict on cross-border movements.

 

There have been no reports of Muhammad entering the Kingdom, chief of Thai Immigration Bureau Natthorn Prausoonthorn said.

 

More than 6,800 people have been killed in the ongoing violence in Thailand’s deep South since 2004. Authorities in Bangkok have said the situation in the predominantly Muslim region is a domestic affair. 

 

In Malaysia, four men and two women, aged between 26 and 41, were picked up by Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division following raids in five states, according to The Star newspaper.

 

The first arrests involved two men in Kelantan on March 24 and 25, Khalid said.

 

“We believe they were involved in smuggling weapons from southern Thailand for the terror group,” he said yesterday.

 

A 26-year-old student was picked up at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on April 4 after she went to Turkey on August 29 last year with the intention of going to Syria to join IS, Khalid said.

 

“However, while waiting for further instructions from militant Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, the suspect was detained by Turkish authorities on February 5,” he said.

 

Two more arrests were made – of a 41-year-old jobless man, and a 32-year-old woman who worked as a factory technician – in Malacca and Johor respectively, Khalid said.

 

“We believe they were actively promoting IS propaganda via the Google Plus app,” he said.

 

The sixth arrest was of a 41-year-old man in Penang state on April 25. He is believed to have promoted the IS struggle via 15 Facebook accounts since 2014. It is believed he was also planning to attack Shi’ite mosques in Penang, Khalid said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30314163

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-04

[khwaibah]

Not The Nation reported this yesterday. Unacceptable.

 

No sign of ISIS member fleeing into Thailand
By The Nation

 

Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Natthorn Phrosunthorn

 

BANGKOK: -- There has been no official report about a member of the Islamist group ISIS who fled arrest in Malaysia escaping into Thailand, police said on Wednesday.

 

Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Natthorn Phrosunthorn said there was still no indication that ISIS member Muhammad Arif Bin Junaidi had passed through border control into southern Thailand, though he could have crossed the border illegally elsewhere.

 

Natthorn said he had ordered border officials to investigate and liaise with Malaysian police.

 

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30314100

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-03

[Wiggy]

If he's caught, the best way to escape is to run over and kill a policeman and he'll be allowed to leave peacefully.

[Kabula]

No problem....

 

Print up a wanted poster, scan it and do an email blast to all the massage parlors, go go's and the post offices in the suspected area with a reward.

 

The honey trap is effective.

 

He will probably be detected in a few days after non stop, 'love bombing,' by the working gals!  They will turn on him when he says, 'sorry, no money!'

 

When you are on the run it is..... till the money drys up...

[cornishcarlos]

Denial, Thailand's best form of security !!

[lvr181]

Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Natthorn Phrosunthorn said there was no indication that the ISIS member passed through border control. 

 

Duh!! Why would a ISIS member want to go through control? I think the police chief is feeling a little prickly about border control.

 

The police chief should liaise closely with the Malaysian authorities to  apprehend this person ASAP and return him into the custody of the Malaysian police and stop the diversionary talk (all for the happiness of Thai peoples, I guess)!

[Suradit69]

1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said:

Denial, Thailand's best form of security !!

Works for Trump. Label everything you don't like as "fake news."

 

Thai police certainly seem to catch a lot of farang criminals who "slip through the fingers" of European & American police and immigrations officers.

[Suradit69]

1 hour ago, lvr181 said:

Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Natthorn Phrosunthorn said there was no indication that the ISIS member passed through border control. 

You seem to have selectively edited what he said ...

 

4 hours ago, khwaibah said:

...no indication that ISIS member Muhammad Arif Bin Junaidi had passed through border control into southern Thailand, though he could have crossed the border illegally elsewhere.

 

[Bluespunk]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut said Thai authorities were ready to cooperate with Malaysia on a joint investigation and extradition of the suspect, but he urged the media not to play up the issue.

 

“Please don’t play up the security matter. It’s dangerous,” Prayut said.

The people shall not know.

 

Keep the flock placid.

[bamukloy]

1 hour ago, lvr181 said:

Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Natthorn Phrosunthorn said there was no indication that the ISIS member passed through border control. 

 

Duh!! Why would a ISIS member want to go through control? I think the police chief is feeling a little prickly about border control.

 

The police chief should liaise closely with the Malaysian authorities to  apprehend this person ASAP and return him into the custody of the Malaysian police and stop the diversionary talk (all for the happiness of Thai peoples, I guess)!

I think what the mr Big Imms has done is quite sensible actually.

The word is out and the guys picture is into the public.

 

and no claims of "we are xx% finished in getting him" or the usual nonsense.

 

At least he actually can admit it is possible pass borders illegally, instead of just pretending the guy isnt in Thailand because he hasnt passed through a border point.

 

Still, im sure the possibility of the bad guy paying his way through must have entered his mind.

[hugocnx]

IS infiltration. Name me a country that will stay free from IS. Probably my new home country?

In 10 years to come, watch Islam growing in Thailand and ASEAN.

[clockman]

Do not talk about terrorism. It might affect tourism. Lives do not matter!

[DerekMarshall]

Oh wow...dude does not need the border to be open 24hrs to sneek past unnoticed and deterred by a doppy half asleep half wit of a border patrol IO officer! (or hand him 25k Bahts in his passport!) 

[natway09]

Well done again to Malaysian authorities for taking your  eye off the ball

[wakeupplease]

Yep it's

4 hours ago, clockman said:

Do not talk about terrorism. It might affect tourism. Lives do not matter!

very tight at those borders hard to cross

 

You can walk across with certain friends though.

 

Now if they would have had that sub now, this could not have happened.

[Chama1]

If Thailand does not think IS is already firmly implanted in the south they have their heads deeper in the sand than previously believed. More likely they are trying to keep civilians calm although the devil walks among them!

[lvr181]

19 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

You seem to have selectively edited what he said ...

 

 

Yup, because I find his comment about border control to be quite irrelevant to the problem. A comment (in my judgement) made for the benefit and happiness of Thai peoples! The problem being that the ISIS suspect is likely to be in southern Thailand and needs to be dealt with, NOT how he got there! Refer to my following comments in the post. Please don't take my comment out of context either. 

[StevieAus]

On 5/4/2017 at 5:06 PM, natway09 said:

Well done again to Malaysian authorities for taking your  eye off the ball

It was the Malaysians who caught the five people who have been smuggling guns from the South of Thailand into Malaysia and according to reports in the Malaysian media they had quite a stash

So if anyone had their eyes off the ball it was the Thai Authorities