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hoot72
06-14-2010, 05:50
10 JI members arrested and deported this year

Link: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/14/nation/20100614191734&sec=nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested 10 members of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the Southeast Asian terror group, since early this year, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan.

He said the 10 foreigners, who were remnants of JI, were trying to revive the movement's struggle.

"The JI members, who were harboured by locals, were arrested at various locations since six months ago and banished from this country," he told a press conference after attending the federal police monthly assembly in Bukit Aman, here, Monday.

Musa said the JI members were trying to recruit 20 to 30 local university students and youths to take part in jihad, or holy war, abroad.

"This trend is very worrying as it shows that these militant elements have changed their tactics and strategies in recruiting new members, especially for jihad in other countries."

He said JI tried to get youths to join them as these young people were attracted to calls for jihad through the ceramah they attended.

"Police will monitor students attending any ceramah that can cause upheaval and threaten national security.

"We need to be careful with the ideology brought in by foreigners who are trying to gain the support of local students," he added.

JI, a militant Islamic organisation, is dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, southern Thailand and southern Philippines.

Besides the 10 arrested, 10 others, including nine foreigners, were arrested under the Internal Security Act early this year as they were believed to have links with JI. - Bernama

hoot72
06-16-2010, 22:18
Link: http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Terrorplotfoiled/Article/

Terror plot foiled
2010/06/17

KUALA LUMPUR: The nine foreigners and a local who were arrested in an anti-terror raid in Gombak early this year were planning to blow up two places of worship in Penang and Selangor.

They felt Malaysia was losing its identity as an Islamic country and that the government was not doing anything to uphold Islam here.

Police, however, got wind of the group’s plans and raided their hideout in Sungai Chincin, Gombak, on Jan 22 and arrested scores of foreign and Malaysian students, most of whom were from two local universities.


The 10 key members of the group, led by Islamic scholar Aiman Al Dakak, a 45-year-old Syrian, were detained under the Internal Security Act.

Federal police sources told the New Straits Times that Aiman was linked to al-Qaeda and was on a mission to recruit members for the international terror group and Jemaah Islamiah.

The others in this group included three other Syrians, two Yemenis, two Nigerians, a Jordanian and a Malaysian.


The nine foreigners were deported to their home countries in April, where they have been detained.

One of the nine is Aiman’s son, Mohamed Hozifa.

The Malaysian, a 39-year-old religious teacher, was said to be the financier of the group. Police investigations revealed that he obtained funds from his numerous religious lectures to students and also several VIPs, including a few Datuks.


Sources revealed that the Malaysian received military training in Afghanistan in the 1990s and was also a member of the terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan.

He met Aiman while they were studying at Abu Bakar Islamic University in Karachi, Pa k i s t a n .

The Malaysian is nowbeing held under the Restricted Residence Act in Sungai Buloh.

He cannot leave the township and has to report to local police once a week.

Most of the nine foreigners were students of universities here. They came from various backgrounds. Some of their parents are professors, doctors, ambassadors, police officers and lecturers.

The foreigners entered Malaysia using student visas. Some were sponsored by their governments. Among the courses they registered for were English, Syariah Law, engineering and mass communications.

Aiman is the oldest in the group while the youngest follower is said to be 20 years old.

These developments were released to the New Straits Times in the wake of a report two days ago in which Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan revealed that police were monitoring at least 30 students here for suspected terrorist links.

These 30 were believed to have been indoctrinated with the teachings of the 10.

Police will now meet Ministry of Higher Education officials to share information and try to curb terror elements in campuses nationwide.

Sources also revealed that Malaysian police are in constant communication with the countries where the terror suspects came from.

The Immigration Department has also been alerted not to allow these suspects, and those linked to them, back into the country.

Their respective countries have also cancelled the passports of the nine.

Read more: Terror plot foiled http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Terrorplotfoiled/Article/#ixzz0r544d3hQ

hoot72
06-18-2010, 20:33
A network of terror
Al-Qaeda group was also active in mosques and NGOs
2010/06/18

Link: http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Anetworkofterror/Article/

KUALA LUMPUR: The infiltration of terror groups into local universities is only the tip of the iceberg.

It is now learnt that an al-Qaeda-backed group in the country has spread its tentacles into mosques and several non-governmental organisations.

The group was trying to recruit more members, especially in Penang and Selangor, where it had plans to blow up places of worship in the two states.


Police sources told the New Straits Times that the terror group’s influence here was widespread.

This was made possible as the group’s leader, Aiman Al Dakak, a 45-year-old Syrian, had a free run here for six years.

During that time, he had enrolled for courses in three universities in Selangor and Penang but never completed them.


“He enrolled for the courses as a ploy to get access to universities so that he could influence more students to join him,” said a source.

Aiman’s main mission was to recruit more members, including suicide bombers for al-Qaeda and the regional terror organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah.

Police have so far identified at least 30 students who they believe are supporters of the Syrian, who was said to be closely linked to al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.


Aiman’s right-hand man here was Malaysian freelance religious teacher Azzahari Murad.

The two recruited eight foreign students to be key members of their group. These students’ would then identify potential recruits on campus.

Once they had identified the students, Aiman and Azzahari would step in. “Both of them were charmers. They were soft-spoken, portrayed themselves to be humble and reli gious and that they were fighting for a worthy cause,” said the source.

Investigations revealed that Aiman would greet foreign students at the airport and take them under his wing.

“These students were coming here for the first time and when Aiman approached them, they took to him immediately. He allowed some of them to stay in his house before they enrolled in their universities and found their own accommodation.”

Aiman’s plans were crushed when police raided his commune in Kampung Chincin, Gombak, in January and detained 10 of them under the Internal Security Act.

More than 40 other local and for eign university students who attend ed Aiman’s classes were detained for investigations before they were released.

The eight others who were de tained with Aiman and Azzahari in cluded the Aiman’s son, Mohamed Hoz ifa, two other Syrians, two Nigerians, two Yemenis and a Jordanian.

Investigations also revealed that the eight foreign students were slated for training in Yemen.

All eight foreign students were de ported to their countries in April and are believed to be detained there.

Aiman was in Malaysia for six years with his wife and five children, between the ages of 3 and 20. They were also deported in April.

Aiman was wanted for terrorism in Syria and had escaped to Afghanistan where he joined al-Qaeda.

After the Sept 11, 2001 attacks he fled to Pakistan where he lectured in Abu Bakar Islamic University in Karachi, where he had studied ear lier.

He met Azzahari, who was pur suing a degree in religious studies at the university, in the mid-1990s,

It was learnt that Azzahari re ceived his primary and secondary education in Perak before enrolling in a religious school in Bagan Serai, Perak and later in Pasir Tumbuh, Kelantan.

In 1992, he joined Abu Bakar Is lamic University and after graduating, went to Afghanistan for terrorist training. He returned to Pakistan and joined the terror group Lashkar-e- Toiba.

Azzahari was said to be a financier of Aiman’s terror group in Malaysia. He is now being held under the Restricted Residence Act in Sungai Buloh.

Read more: A network of terror
Al-Qaeda group was also active in mosques and NGOs http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Anetworkofterror/Article/#ixzz0rGKRDoHY