IGP Reveals That 2 PDRM Officers Were Arrested Over Links To ISIS
Just how extensively has ISIS infiltrated into the police force?
By Tang Ruxyn — 05 Jul 2016, 11:32 AM
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.
Two of the arrested were low-ranked police officers, he said. One of them was supposedly plotting robberies in Kuala Lumpur to raise funds for ISIS cells in Kuala Lumpur.
The other police officer is suspected to have been harbouring a senior IS militant.
The rest were either self-employed or worked in factories. The suspects are all Malaysian citizens, male, and their ages ranged from 19 to 52.
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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
"I must, therefore, ask how extensively has ISIS infiltrated into the RMP organisational structure?" she said in a statement.
She urged Khalid to explain publicly the police U-turn from claiming the Puchong blast as an underworld gang fight to announcing the IS were involved.
"This is extremely worrying as it raises questions as to the preparedness of RMP in facing ISIS," she said, using the initials for the royal Malaysian police force.
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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
Army soldiers on a road near the Holey Artisan cafe after Islamic militants attacked the cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Image via ReutersOn 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 denied that the militant group had any role in the attack.
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.
Speaking in Malay, he says the "cubs of the caliphate" are preparing themselves to "become the fighters of tomorrow".
He adds: "To all the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, we are not your citizens and we rid ourselves of your passport. But know that we will come back with the strength of a mighty force that you cannot fathom, that you cannot defeat. We will now burn these passports as a symbol of our liberation."