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Tuesday 10 August 2010

Malaysia Ready To Cooperate With India To Seek Out Sikh Militants - IGP

BETONG (Sarawak), Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysian police regularly liaise with Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation) to monitor terrorist activities in the country, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said Monday.

He said, keeping continuous surveillance on such activities and carrying out related operations were not limited to reports and external information.

"Terrorists seeking refuge in Malaysia will not be spared from local and international laws," he said.

Musa was asked to comment on a Bernama report last week that four suspected Sikh militants from Punjab -- belonging to the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) -- were in hiding in Malaysia.

He noted that while the Punjab police had not directly contacted their Malaysian counterparts over the fugitive Sikh militants in Malaysia, the local police had contacted the Malaysian High Commission in New Delhi for more information to facilitate investigations.

Musa was speaking to reporters after launching the new Betong police station here.

On Aug 1, Bernama from New Delhi quoted Patiala police chief Senior Superintendent Ranbir Singh Khatra as saying the Indian police would like to use diplomatic ties by asking the Malaysian Government for help in combating violence and the militants.

He had said that the KLF set up base on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur and that at least four of its members were still in the country.

In a related development, Federal Special Task Force (Operations and Counter- Terrorism) Department director Datuk Mohamed Fuzi Harun had said the police were aware of the KLF existence in Malaysia.

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