It is unlikely that the duo will be repatriated to Malaysia to stand trial, according to the US envoy.
KOTA BARU: Two Malaysians, who have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre since 2006, will be prosecuted soon for their suspected involvement with terrorist groups.
US ambassador to Malaysia, Paul Wayne Jones, said Washington had yet to decide whether to prosecute the duo through the traditional court or military tribunal, which was often used in war-time situations.
Jones, who is here on a two-day visit to Kelantan, however, said there was no possibility of them being repatriated to Malaysia to face charges, adding that the prosecution process would start within the next few months.
“The two Malaysians who are there are still in the category of, we believe, a case for prosecution against them. There have been a lot of debate in Washington on how to move forward with the prosecution and the different ways of prosecuting,” he said.
Mohamad Nazir Lep, who went by the aliases, “Bashir Lap” and “Lilie”, and Mohd Farik Amin, also known as “Yazid Zubair”, have been linked to al-Qaeda, and also Southeast Asia’s militant organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Both were detained on suspicion of terrorism in 2003, where Mohamad Nazir was picked up in Thailand and Mohd Farik, in Cambodia. They were transferred to Guantanamo on Sept 4, 2006.
US intelligence believed that they were part of a suicide plot involving the hijack of a commercial passenger plane in a second-wave attack after Sept 11, in Los Angeles.
Initially, the two Malaysians were detained as suspected terrorists but since 2006, they had been classified as “high-value detainees” with 16 others at Guantanamo Bay.
- Bernama
KOTA BARU: Two Malaysians, who have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre since 2006, will be prosecuted soon for their suspected involvement with terrorist groups.US ambassador to Malaysia, Paul Wayne Jones, said Washington had yet to decide whether to prosecute the duo through the traditional court or military tribunal, which was often used in war-time situations.
Jones, who is here on a two-day visit to Kelantan, however, said there was no possibility of them being repatriated to Malaysia to face charges, adding that the prosecution process would start within the next few months.
“The two Malaysians who are there are still in the category of, we believe, a case for prosecution against them. There have been a lot of debate in Washington on how to move forward with the prosecution and the different ways of prosecuting,” he said.
Mohamad Nazir Lep, who went by the aliases, “Bashir Lap” and “Lilie”, and Mohd Farik Amin, also known as “Yazid Zubair”, have been linked to al-Qaeda, and also Southeast Asia’s militant organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Both were detained on suspicion of terrorism in 2003, where Mohamad Nazir was picked up in Thailand and Mohd Farik, in Cambodia. They were transferred to Guantanamo on Sept 4, 2006.
US intelligence believed that they were part of a suicide plot involving the hijack of a commercial passenger plane in a second-wave attack after Sept 11, in Los Angeles.
Initially, the two Malaysians were detained as suspected terrorists but since 2006, they had been classified as “high-value detainees” with 16 others at Guantanamo Bay.
- Bernama
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