Muhammad Joraimee Deemed To Be Cold And Reclusive

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- One of the five individuals being hunted by police for being allegedly involved in militant activities, Muhammad Joraimee Awang Raimee, is deemed to be cold and does not socialise with his neighbours.

Joraimee Muhammad, better known as Abu Nur who lives at his mother's house with his wife and child in Taman Selayang Baru, Batu Caves here, is often seen by his neighbours coming home late at night.

Zalikha M. Hassan, 44, said Joraimee and his family members never came out to mingle with the surrounding community.

"They just stayed at home and even if they go out it is only to work and for prayers. The windows and doors of their house is always closed as if there is no one at home. Only certain people are allowed into the house," he said here, today.

Zalikha said Muhammad Joraimee's cold attitude came to the fore when he had a tiff with a neighbour who held a feast in the neighbourhood.

"Parking was restricted so guests were forced to park in front of Muhammad Joraimee's house. But he and his family were not happy and ordered the vehicle to be removed."

He said it was almost four months since Muhammad Joraimee was last seen returning home.

Ali Arsyad, 49, a neighbour for the past 30 years, said although they knew each other since childhood, Muhammad Joraimee was somewhat quiet.

"After SPM he worked with me for a while before he went to Egypt to continue his studies. During work he was his normal self but he was not one to hang out after working hours," he said.

A survey by Bernama found Muhammad Joraimee's home empty, a dusty Toyota Avanza was parked in front of his house.

Meanwhile, a security guard of the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) identified only as Zulkifli, 46, said he knew Muhammad Joraimee, a MPS secretariat department staff, as a strong religious person, but they rarely talked to each other.

"Since the last three to four months I have not seen him entering the MPS premises," he said.

Meanwhile, efforts to meet Dr Mahmud Ahmad's mother failed after almost an hour of waiting in front of her house in Taman Selayang Baru. But two men believed to be the suspect's siblings were seen entering the house but refused to meet anyone.

Dr Mahmud is among the five suspects whom the police are looking for with regard to militant activities.

At 12.45pm, a team of policemen came out of the suspect's house after conducting an investigation.

In Tawau, efforts to meet the family members of another suspect, Mohd Amin Baco, 31, failed when the residents of Kampung Titingan claimed not to know or to have heard the name of the suspect.

The village head of Kampung Titingan, Ismail Amoo, 65, said he had never heard the name Mohd Amin and never knew that the suspect lived in the village. But he said he was not sure if the suspect used a different name because most people here used nicknames, he said when met at his house today.

Efforts to trace the family members of another suspect known as Jeknal Adil, 30, also failed because the suspect's last address in Kampung Kurnia Jaya Batu Empat Jalan Apas, Tawau, is currently empty as the village has no occupants anymore.

Most of the residents have moved to other places after a fire destroyed more than 80 squatter houses in the village on Dec 17 last year.

Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar released a list of names of five individuals sought by police to facilitate investigations into the activities of militants in the country.

They are Mahmud or Abu Hanzalah, Muhammad Joraimee or Abu Nur, photostat shop and UM stationery shop owner Mohd Najib Husen or Abraham, 36, who lives at the Tainia Apartments, Kota Damansara, Mohd Amin and a labourer, Jeknal Adil or Jek.