13 Apr 2021 / 07:57 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The spread of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country has indirectly helped reduce terrorism threats in the country, says Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) principal assistant director DCP Normah Ishak.
She said that since the police began implementing preventive measures and continuous monitoring due to the pandemic in early 2020, there was a corresponding drop in terrorism activities. The police has seen that the level of these activities have remained stable and managable following the Covid-19 outbreak.
”The outbreak in the country is a blessing in disguise to the police to continue to identify any potential terrorism acts that might occur in the country,” she said when appearing as a guest on the Ruang Bicara programme broadcast on Bernama TV last night.
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The Pentagon has suddenly
moved to push the trial forward after previously rejecting the case in 2017.
The timing of the decision has
prompted questions as the case was on hold throughout the Trump administration
and President Joe Biden’s administration has announced intentions to close the
infamous prison. It is the first new case at Guantánamo Bay since 2014.
The US military may be
trying to close the case as it expects scrutiny from the Biden administration
over its questionable interrogation methods, including torture.
The case may have little to do with the Indonesian and Malaysian governments as it is not on their radar.
A 33-year-old radicalised Malaysian working as a cleaner here has been arrested and deported to Malaysia for planning to travel to Syria with his Singaporean wife to take up armed violence for terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
February 10, 2021
Mohd Firdaus Kamal Intdzam was arrested under the Internal Security Act in July 2020.
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SINGAPORE - A 33-year-old radicalised Malaysian working as a cleaner here has been arrested and deported to Malaysia for planning to travel to Syria with his Singaporean wife to take up armed violence for terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Internal Security Department (ISD) on Tuesday (Feb 9) said the man s 34-year-old wife, a religious teacher who was radicalised by him and had wanted to go with him, has been placed on a Restriction Order for two years. Her teaching accreditation has been suspended.