IS terror group is active in Malaysia
While Thai government leaders have denied the presence of Islamic State terror group on Thai soil, the group’s Mahasa-speaking wing recently sent a frightening warning to Malaysian government for stepping up campaign against the terror group.
The warning reads, in parts, as follows: “If you catch us, we will only increase in number. But if you let us be, we will be closer to our goal of bringing back the rule of the Caliph or Khalifah…….”
The Malaysian-Indonesian unit of IS is known as Katibah Nusantara. The unit is believed to comprise about 200 fighters who are eager for special missions, including becoming snipers or suicide bombers.
The Katibah group has come under the surveillance of Malaysian and Indonesian intelligence for about two years and, lately, Indonesian police Barun Naim, a Katibah fighter, of being the key man behind the bomb attack in Jakarta on January 14. In Malaysia, it was reported that seven suspected IS militants of Malaysian descent have been rounded up following the arrest of a Malaysian on January 15 while he was reported to be plotting suicide bomb attack in Kuala Lumpur. Several illegal items as well as an IS flag and a video of the terror group were seized by Malaysian police.
Police said that the suspects planned to launch multiple terror attacks throughout Malaysia and the head of the group was an assistant manager of the house-keeping section of a hotel.
In Thailand, there was an unofficial report of three suspected IS members in Su-ngai Kolok district of Narathiwat meeting with religious leaders with an offer of donations for a religious school.
Fourth Army Region commander Lt-Gen Vivath Pathompark admitted the presence of the three IS suspects while Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha did not deny the report and did not elaborate claiming it was confidential.
Later on however, the prime minister and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, among others, denied there were IS suspects on Thai soil.
The prime minister said investigation showed that the three suspects were not linked to IS while General Prawit confirmed that there were no IS members in the Deep South as reported.
Babo, the man in charge of the religious school said to be offered donations by the three suspected IS members denied the IS link. He suspected that the report about IS suspects might be concocted by someone wanting to discredit him.
Babo is a candidate contesting for the election of a new imam in his community.
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