Six held for taking part in IS activities
> Suspects involved in a range of terror support including arms smuggling
PETALING JAYA: Bukit Aman’s Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division has arrested six suspects believed to be involved in Islamic State (IS) activities, including two men who allegedly smuggled in weapons from southern Thailand for the terror group.
The six – four men and two women, aged between 26 and 41 – were picked up by the police following raids in Kelantan, Johor, Malacca, Selangor and Penang.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the first arrests involved two men in Kelantan on March 24 and 25.
“We believe they were involved in smuggling weapons from a neighbouring country for the terror group members in Malaysia,” he said yesterday.
Khalid said in the third arrest, a 26-year-old medical laboratory student was picked up at the KL International Airport on April 4 after she went to Turkey on Aug 29 last year with the intention of going to Syria to join the IS.
“However, while waiting for further instructions from the Malaysian militant Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi who is in Syria, the suspect was detained by Turkish authorities on Feb 5,” he said.
Khalid said two more arrests were made on a 41-year-old jobless man and a 32-year-old woman, who worked as a factory technician.
The duo were actively promoting IS propaganda via the Google Plus app.
A 41-year-old man detained in Penang on April 25, was the sixth arrest, after he was found promoting the IS struggle via his own 15 Facebook accounts since 2014.