Ten international terror plot suspects arrested under ISA

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani - The Malaysian Insider

Datuk Seri Hishamuddin briefing the media in this file picture. Seated next to him is the IGP Datuk Musa Hassaan. - Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Nine foreigners and one Malaysian were arrested recently under the Internal Security Act (ISA) as part of a anti-terrorism swoop, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today.

“Ten were arrested recently for terrorism and international terrorist networking,” he said.

He confirmed the ten arrested were linked to international terrorist organisations.

But he said they were not planning an attack on Malaysian soil.

“We are currently working with international anti-terrorist agencies,” he said.

The minister declined to reveal where and when the suspected terrorists were caught. “I am not at liberty to say at the moment because this is a very serious threat to the security of our country. It involves cooperation from international agencies,” he said.

He said the “majority of the 10 had just arrived” in Malaysia.

“They have not been in the country long so they have not yet established themselves in the country.

“If we did not take any action then they might have influenced the security in our country,” he said.

He also noted the arrests had justified the importance of the Internal Security Act in the country.

The minister is due to brief opposition leaders and activists to