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| Malaysia busts 12 hard boyz |
| 2006-05-30 |
| I think the Malaysian Militant Group is the translated form of the KMM. Malaysian police have detained 12 suspected terrorists of an Indonesian Muslim militant group believed to have been planning attacks on several South-East Asian countries, according to sources and a news report released Tuesday. Security and police forces had been monitoring the activities of the Indonesian-based Darul Islam group for the past six months, resulting in the recent arrests of 10 Indonesian and two local men at the eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, the Star daily reported. The group is believed to have links with Abu Sayyaf militants from the southern Philippines, as well as international terror network al-Qaeda. The suspects were believed to have been temporarily staying in Malaysia en route to neighbouring South-East Asian countries to carry out terror attacks, police sources told the Star. It was not immediately known the targets of the attacks, or when they had planned to execute their plans. "It was hard work. The Malaysian police had been tracking their movements," an officer was quoted as saying. "They moved in to smash the militant group before it could carry out its plans. Its certainly one of the biggest anti-terrorist successes," he said. The two local suspects were believed to be in charge of organising lodgings, transportation and other logistical arrangements for other members of the group, the report said. Police sources confirmed the report, which also said that authorities seized several firearms and documents, including bomb-making instructions downloaded from the internet. At least 11 of the suspects have been sent to the northern Kamunting detention camp in the Perak state, and have been issued two-year holding orders, it added. Five years ago, Malaysian police busted a local radical Islamic group and arrested members of the Malaysian Militant Group, after its members were believed to be plotting to overthrow the mainly Muslim, but moderate, government through violence. Malaysia is already holding more than 90 alleged Muslim militants under a tough security law. |
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| Malaysia refuses to free KMM members |
| 2004-09-02 |
| A Malaysian court has rejected a plea by five alleged members of an Islamic militant group to secure their freedom. The five, who include the son of the opposition party's spiritual leader, have been detained without trial or charge for three years. They were among a group of prisoners who held a hunger strike earlier this year to protest at their treatment. The five men were arrested in mid-2001 under Malaysia's controversial internal security laws. All the men are alleged to belong to an organisation the police dub the Malaysian Militant Group, or KMM, which is believed to be linked to Jemaah Islamiah, the group behind the Bali bombings. Under Malaysian law, courts are allowed to detain suspects without charge or trial for periods of two years. The men's lawyers have sought to challenge a decision by the internal security minister to extend their detention for a further two years. On Wednesday, the High Court ruled that the minister had acted within a law that effectively allows the government to detain suspects indefinitely. The accused men are said to have plotted to overthrow the government, but no evidence has ever been made public. Their alleged leader is Nik Adli Nik Aziz, a former fighter with the Afghan mujahadeen. His arrest is widely seen as political - his father is both the chief minister of the state of Kelantan and spiritual leader of the conservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or Pas. Shortly before the country's general election in March, the group staged a 19-day hunger strike, demanding that the government either charge or release them. Their call was backed by the Malaysian government's own human rights commission as well as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Malaysia is currently holding around 80 alleged Islamic militants under the Internal Security Act. |
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| Malaysia arrests 'key' Islamic militant |
| 2002-09-27 |
| Another one from Steve's collection... Malaysian police say they have arrested a leading Muslim militant. Wan Min Wan Mat is accused of being a prominent member of the Malaysian Militant Group (KMM) which is said to have close links with the regional Islamic militant organisation Jemaah Islamiah (JI). National police chief Norian Mai said the 42-year-old former university lecturer had been arrested in the northern state of Kelantan on Friday morning. The arrest was the latest in a string of detentions of alleged Muslim militants by Malaysian and Singapore authorities, who have alleged that groups like Jemaah Islamiah are trying to destabilise both governments and introduce Islamic rule to Malaysia. Unlike Indonesia, the Malays are actually trying to clean up the mess, despite their occasional lip service to "Muslim solidarity" and the efforts of their internal front organizations to turn the country into an Islamic paradise. |
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