KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has set up a special unit, to constantly monitor social media platforms in an effort to prevent the young generation from getting caught up with extremist groups that could threaten national security.
A Malaysian scientist who once allegedly attempted to make weapons of mass destruction for al-Qaeda is now a “changed man”, says the country’s top counter terrorism official, and has been living a regular life since he was released from surveillance in November. Yazid Sufaat, 58, an al-Qaeda operative who helped to set up a laboratory in Afghanistan to cultivate anthrax,.
The Centre for Military and International Humanitarian Law (CoMIHL) at the National Defence University of Malaysia and the ICRC jointly organised a course on "International Humanitarian Law on Terrorism and Counterterrorism" in August.