Thursday, July 07, 2016

IS, is it an attempt to distract us? IGP's 'challenge' cause the bombing? How many now under Detention Without Trial?

The arresting of persons allegedly involved has been going on for some time in Malaysia, a Guardian report in March 2016 said 160 have been detained - so how many really are being Detained Without Trial(2 year renewable Detention Orders) or are under RESTRICTION ORDERS. 

More than 160 people suspected of having ties to Isis have been detained in Malaysia in the past two years, including some accused of plotting attacks in Kuala Lumpur 

There are so many 'issues' concerning Najib, 1MDB and ...one do wonder whether this 'bombing and IS' may be just a means to distract - even that Malaysian, alleged to be IS, is now reported saying the same thing..to divert the people’s attention from Malaysia’s current issues, which are getting worse.?? 

They (police) are cooking up stories as revenge towards me and manipulating facts of the arrests to divert the people’s attention from Malaysia’s current issues, which are getting worse.

No conclusions but one wonders about our Malaysian Inspector General of Police(IGP) - did he inadvertently cause the bombing in Puchong? 

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said he did not regret issuing the "come back if you dare" threat to Malaysian Islamic State operatives overseas shortly before the Puchong bombing, saying this was not meant as a challenge to the terrorist group.

"No, I don't regret that. Why should I regret what I said? To challenge (anyone) is not the job of police.

“I did not challenge them. What I said was 'come back if they dare'. I did not challenge them," he told the press during a Hari Raya event today at Police Training Centre.

And, now the IS denies their involvement in the Puchong bombing...well, our IGP was very confident, or was it 'too confident', that it was them... 

“This is a serious accusation intended to make those arrested scapegoats. They (police) are cooking up stories as revenge towards me and manipulating facts of the arrests to divert the people’s attention from Malaysia’s current issues, which are getting worse.


“Those who were arrested are mere supporters, who expressed support for the Islamic caliphate, and they have never received instructions from me to launch attacks on leaders and judges, as claimed by (Inspector-General of Police) Khalid Abu Bakar in his press conference,” Muhammad Wanndy reportedly posted on Facebook yesterday.

What is happening? What is happening? Maybe our IGP must stop coming out and making statements... just do 'police work' - investigate, and charge in court. Let the courts decide on the truth. 

IS militant in Syria denies ordering Movida attack

FMT Reporters
 | July 6, 2016 
Muhammad Wanndy says the two arrested in connection with the Puchong blast are IS supporters, and never received instructions from him, as alleged by police.

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PETALING JAYA: An Islamic State (IS) militant based in Syria has denied being the mastermind behind the bombing of the Movida club in Puchong last month.


Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi was quoted in Astro Awani as saying he did not issue instructions to the duo arrested in connection with the blast, said to be the first attack by IS in Malaysia.


“This is a serious accusation intended to make those arrested scapegoats. They (police) are cooking up stories as revenge towards me and manipulating facts of the arrests to divert the people’s attention from Malaysia’s current issues, which are getting worse.


“Those who were arrested are mere supporters, who expressed support for the Islamic caliphate, and they have never received instructions from me to launch attacks on leaders and judges, as claimed by (Inspector-General of Police) Khalid Abu Bakar in his press conference,” Muhammad Wanndy reportedly posted on Facebook yesterday.
However, the Malacca-born 26-year-old militant vowed to avenge those who have been “persecuted” by Malaysian authorities, by launching largescale attacks here.
The police have named Muhammad Wanndy as the man who gave orders to carry out the Puchong attack on June 28 where eight people watching the Euro football match at 2.15am at the Movida pub were injured.


The attack, police said, was the terrorist’s personal way of avenging his elder brother, Mohamed Danny, who was charged in a Malacca court last month for channelling funds to the militant group.


The news portal also quoted Bukit Aman Special Branch Director Mohamad Fuzi Harun as downplaying the threat of large scale attacks in Malaysia as IS militants here did not have the ability to do so.


However, Fuzi said police would not take any threats lightly and would constantly monitor the militants’ activities. - FMT News, 6/7/2016


IGP: I don’t regret ‘come back if you dare’ taunt to IS

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Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said he did not regret issuing the "come back if you dare" threat to Malaysian Islamic State operatives overseas shortly before the Puchong bombing, saying this was not meant as a challenge to the terrorist group.

"No, I don't regret that. Why should I regret what I said? To challenge (anyone) is not the job of police.

“I did not challenge them. What I said was 'come back if they dare'. I did not challenge them," he told the press during a Hari Raya event today at Police Training Centre.

On June 21, IS released a video threatening the police.

“Those of you in Bukit Aman, you will no longer have peace. We will slaughter you... when we return.

Our friends back home will hunt you down," said the man in the video that the police have identified as Mohd Rafi Udin, who is believed to be based in war-torn Syria.

Responding to this, Khalid on June 24 hit back, saying, "You only dare to make threats from afar, (why don't you) come back!"

Four days later, a grenade was thrown into Movida, a nightspot in Puchong, an attack which according to the police was linked to IS.

‘Don’t glamourise terrorists’

Khalid again cautioned the media against “giving space and glamourise" the terrorists.

"I warned yesterday - the press which give space to these people, (and) if you threaten the national security; we will take action against you. Take that as a warning from me. This is not a game. "Don't give space to people who are threatening us. (You) go and interview them, what are you trying to do?" he asked.

The News Straits Times and Oriental News Daily have yesterday published interviews with a Malaysian IS leader, who warned of further attacks.

Both publications had quoted Muhammad Wandy Mohamed Jedi, who is said to be responsible for ordering the June 28 hand-grenade attack on Movida.

Read more: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/347821#ixzz4DdJtRFfy


15 Isis suspects arrested in Malaysia had received orders to attack, say police

Arrests over three days capture alleged militants who police say tried to get bomb-making ingredients and raised funds for terrorist group


Malaysian Police stand guard
National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the Isis suspects were aged between 22 and 49 and included four women. Photograph: Joshua Paul/AP

Malaysian police have detained 15 more suspected members of Islamic State, who police say planned to launch attacks and tried to obtain chemicals to make bombs.


National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement late on Thursday the suspects were aged between 22 and 49 and included four women, a police official, an airplane technician, a mosque cleric and a student.

Khalid said they were detained over three days from Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur and six other states. He said they had allegedly received orders to launch attacks in the country from a Malaysian man who had joined Isis in Syria.

The arrests followed Tuesday’s bombings by Islamist militants in Brussels that killed at least 31 people and injured 300 others.

The group also arranged for two foreign terror suspects to sneak out of Malaysia into a south-east Asian country, he said, without giving details. They were also involved in raising and channeling funds to a militant group in the southern Philippines, and in recruiting new members, Khalid said.

The four women were planning to go to Syria to join Isis, he said.

Malaysia has raised its security alert level following bombings in Jakarta on 14 January in neighbouring Indonesia. On 15 January, police said they had detained a man who was hours away from carrying out a suicide attack in Kuala Lumpur.

More than 160 people suspected of having ties to Isis have been detained in Malaysia in the past two years, including some accused of plotting attacks in Kuala Lumpur. - The Guardian, 25/3/2016

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