Putrajaya today refuted a report claiming that Hamas fighters were trained in Malaysia, saying that the country has never offered any such education to Hamas or other groups fighting in troubled countries, Astro Awani quoted the deputy home minister as saying.Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (pic) said that the Malaysian government had neither prepared training nor allowed such a training ground to exist in the country.
"It is impossible that such a training took place in this country. The fighter's comment is not true and this does not exist at all here.
"It doesn't matter what kind of fight it is, including one categorised as good in fighting Israel, we have never allowed nor given any approval for such a training," he was quoted as saying by Astro Awani.
Wan Junaidi also said that any fighter who wanted to undergo such training could do so in countries where such a thing was offered, but not in Malaysia.
"I want to stress again that we do not have war training for such fighters. Those who want and are interested can train in other countries, " he said.
The deputy minister was asked to comment on a report by Jerusalem Post in which a Hamas cell commander told Israeli interrogators that members of a cell had trained to carry out cross-border attacks using powered parachutes in Malaysia.
The training was part of Hamas's preparation to fight Israel in the Gaza Strip, he told investigators.
The commander, who was part of Hamas's regional battalion, was arrested by the Israeli Defence Forces on July 21 in Khan Yunis.
The Jerusalem Post report said he had travelled to Malaysia in 2012 with nine others and learned how to fly powered parachutes.
It also said that the commander joined Hamas seven years ago and became part of its military wing.
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