IGP Reveals That 2 PDRM Officers Were Arrested Over Links To ISIS

Just how extensively has ISIS infiltrated into the police force?

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Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar revealed that two of the 15 suspects linked to ISIS were policemen, yesterday, 4 July

Khalid was speaking to reporters yesterday about the grenade blast at the Movida nightclub in Puchong on 28 June, when he revealed that 15 people had been arrested in connection with terror-related activities.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar

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Following the IGP's announcement, Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has questioned if the police are ready to manage the country's security in the midst of terrorism threats

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

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The worrying news came on the same day the IGP confirmed that the two Bangladeshis who were involved in the Dhaka café attack last Friday, 1 July, studied in a local private university in Malaysia

On Friday, seven gunmen attacked a café in Dhaka, Bangladesh and killed 20 people.

It was reported that six of the seven attackers were shot dead while one of the hostage-takers was taken alive and is now being interrogated by Bangladeshi authorities.

**The Bangladesh authorities have yet to officially release the names of the attackers but it is believed that two of the alleged perpetrators had reportedly at one time studied at the Monash University's campus in Malaysia.**

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility the incident, although Bangladesh's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has [reportedly](http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/one-of-bangladesh-gunmen-a-monash-university-malaysia-student-met-bollywood-actress) denied that the militant group had any role in the attack.

Army soldiers on a road near the Holey Artisan cafe after Islamic militants attacked the cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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The police have been on high alert ever since ISIS declared war on Malaysia a few weeks ago

In May, ISIS released a series of chilling videos warning of attacks in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

**One of the videos showed child fighters from Malaysia and Indonesia firing guns, burning passports and denouncing their citizenships.**

It featured a Malaysian identified as Zainuri Kamaruddin, who leads the Malay-speaking ISIS arm Katibah Nusantara and is wanted by the Malaysian authorities.

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Meanwhile, it was confirmed yesterday that the Movida nightclub bombing last week was the first ever successful ISIS attack in Malaysia:

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