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hoot72
06-03-2011, 02:47
Link: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/3/nation/20110603153709&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: Filipino Immigration and Navy intelligence operatives have arrested two Malaysians believed to be members of an international terrorist group operating in the southern Philippines.

Abdul Aziz Usman, a.k.a Aziz Bin Othman, 50, was nabbed together with his aide Omar Abu on May 28, according to a Bureau of Immigration statement issued Thursday, citing Commissioner Ricardo David Jr, Filipino media reports said.

Both were arrested after months of intensive surveillance in the south, David said.

Usman is allegedly the finance officer of a terrorist group.

“This information is based on initial reports by the arresting officers," lawyer Maria Antonette Mangrobang, the BI's acting intelligence chief, said in an interview with GMA News Online.

“This information still has to be confirmed, Mangrobang said, adding that her bureau still has “to coordinate with other government agencies to verify the initial report."

However, the Philippine Navy's Naval Public Affairs Office said in a separate statement Thursday: "The suspect, together with a certain Omar Abu of Sulu were spotted by operatives of the PN and the BI-11 and upon verification of papers the suspect failed to present any document legalising his stay in the Philippines."

As far as the Immigration Bureau is concerned, "they violated Immigration laws and for that we will have to deport them," she said.

But Usman supposedly told the arresting officers “that he is a follower of Osama bin Laden, the slain leader of the terrorist network al Qaeda, the acting intelligence chief said.

“He could not present any travel documents. Thus, we will deport him for being an undocumented alien," David said.

Mangrobang also said that Usman told the arresting officers that he is a Malaysian, prompting the BI to inform the Malaysian embassy in Manila about the arrest of Usman and Abu.

The suspects are now undergoing tactical interrogation by law enforcement agencies before the bureau starts summary deportation proceedings, he added.

Usman was about to marry a Filipina in a ceremony at a mosque when he was picked up by the arresting agents, Mangrobang said.

Initial investigation showed that Usman took up Accounting and Finance at the University of Tennessee from 1996 to 1999 in the United States, Mangrobang said.

“He confessed that he has been traveling back and forth via Jolo, Sulu from Sabah, Malaysia," she added.

Earlier, the Philippine Navy said at least five foreigners with links to Bin Laden are hiding in the south.

Topping the list is a US-trained engineer named Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan, a Malaysian who reportedly trains the Abu Sayyaf Group in bomb-making.

Also named were a Singaporean who goes by the name of Mauwiyah, Indonesians Saad and Qayyim, and another Malaysian, Malayian Amin Baco.

mark46th
06-03-2011, 23:15
He should be deported to a nice Carribean resort like Guantanamo Bay for some R&R...

hoot72
06-04-2011, 11:58
He should be deproted to a nice Carribean resort like Guantanamo Bay for some R&R...


The borders are so porous (spelling!) between Sabah and Southern Philippines...so easy for these nut jobs to get in and out with fake passports.

Heavy
06-04-2011, 23:52
For the people who have lived there for ever, the Tausug, Badjao, and other Moros, the borders that were placed on them are virtually non-existent. And the PI Navy patrol boats (minus the ones the PI SEALs use) cannot compete with the numbers of legal fishing boats and illegal speed boats in that part of the archipelago. The borders are so porous that people like Marwan, can get virtually anywhere down there without a fake passport or corresponding identification documents. This is just one reason why so many of the Most Wanted stay in that category. That said, it is good that Usman has been captured . . . he has been at large for way too long!

hoot72
06-08-2011, 03:31
A lot of them (the filipino immigrants) with "dual" citizenship are living in the Sandakan area (Labuk Bay) and down in Lahad Datu and Semporna. But it's far easier to get across from Sandakan to Jolo/Mindanao.

There is a chap who was indicted not too long ago by the PI justice department for taking a cut of ransom money meant for AS. He is out here in Kota Kinabalu and has an office based here..not quite sure how he got away or what happened with the trial but as I said...they go in and out with such ease..and a lot of people turn a blind eye to their activities which is a pity.


For the people who have lived there for ever, the Tausug, Badjao, and other Moros, the borders that were placed on them are virtually non-existent. And the PI Navy patrol boats (minus the ones the PI SEALs use) cannot compete with the numbers of legal fishing boats and illegal speed boats in that part of the archipelago. The borders are so porous that people like Marwan, can get virtually anywhere down there without a fake passport or corresponding identification documents. This is just one reason why so many of the Most Wanted stay in that category. That said, it is good that Usman has been captured . . . he has been at large for way too long!

Hand
06-08-2011, 10:29
Link: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/3/nation/20110603153709&sec=nation


However, the Philippine Navy's Naval Public Affairs Office said in a separate statement Thursday: "The suspect, together with a certain Omar Abu of Sulu were spotted by operatives of the PN and the BI-11 and upon verification of papers the suspect failed to present any document legalising his stay in the Philippines."

As far as the Immigration Bureau is concerned, "they violated Immigration laws and for that we will have to deport them," she said.



Wait...What? Wouldn't it be cool if we could do that in the USA?