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Indonesian arrested in Malaysia for allegedly supporting IS
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Islamic State (IS) movement militants pass through Tel Abyad town, northeast Syria, in May 2015, in this image released by a militant website. (AP/-)
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alaysian police have apprehended three men, including an Indonesian national, who are alleged supporters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, for making terror threats and planning to go to Syria.
The Indonesian citizen, who works as a security guard for an airline company, was captured along with a 32-year-old Malaysian, who is also a security guard at a private company in Kuantan, Pahang.
“Two out of the three suspects are security guards. One of them is Indonesian, 37 years old, and arrested in Kuantan on January 27, 2017. He works at Malaysia Airlines,” Malaysian Police chief Insp. Gen. Khalid Abu Bakar said in a press statement, as quoted by kompas.com.
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Khalid said the Indonesian man had contact with Malaysian fighters in Syria. He was recorded as having entered Turkey in 2013.
A local counterterrorism unit arrested the two during a raid on Jan. 27. The unit also seized a shotgun and three volumes of Tarbiyah Jihadiyyah, a series of terrorism-related books containing teachings from IS and Al Qaeda.
“[The Indonesian man] was planning to take his wife to Syria to join IS,” said Khalid.
The third suspect, a 38-year-old Malaysian who is unemployed, was captured in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 29.
He also allegedly threatened to attack a Negeri Sembilan religious affairs department office that he claimed had defied Islamic teachings.
“The [third] suspect also threatened to blow up several places in Kuala Lumpur,” said Khalid.
More that 250 people have been arrested in Malaysia between 2013 and 2016 for their affiliations with IS. (wit)
