Ex-RI citizen charged with terrorism in Malaysia

National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said the Malaysian police had arrested a former Indonesian citizen for terrorism.

Abdul Haris bin Shuhadi is allegedly linked to the terrorist group Jamaah Islamiah, he said.

“This man has been a member of Jamaah Islamiah since 1981 and all of his activities have been under intelligence surveillance for years. He was nabbed once he reactivated his cell there,” Anton said Thursday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

He said the Bandung-born Haris had given up his Indonesian citizenship last year and had been living in Selangor. Haris is likely being held under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act (ISA), and may be questioned without a lawyer for 60 days, Anton said