USM's P Sundramoorthy says politicians have the power to directly and indirectly influence ordinary folk to carry out acts of violence and it is time the police acted against any politician fuelling racial and religious hatred.
Items seized from the four terrorism suspects after police foiled a plot to attack houses of worship and assassinate senior politicians.
P Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia said the majority of ordinary peopled looked up to politicians as role models. Sundramoorthy, a researcher on crime and policing, cautioned that a terror attack on Malaysian soil was not impossible and people should no longer think it would only happen “to others but not here”.He was commenting on Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador’s revelation that four men linked to an Islamic State “wolf pack” cell had been planning to attack churches, Hindu and Buddhist temples and entertainment centres around Kuala Lumpur.
Hamid added that the group had plotted the attacks to seek “revenge” over the death of firefighter Mohamad Adib Mohd Kassim in the wake of the Seafield Sri Mahariamman Temple fracas last November.
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