KUALA LUMPUR: The police have arrested 13 people – 12 Filipinos, one of whom is a woman, and a Malaysian – in Sabah on suspicion of being members of t...
: The police have arrested 13 people – 12 Filipinos, one of whom is a woman, and a Malaysian – in Sabah on suspicion of being members of terrorist groups and protecting terrorists in hiding, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi HarunThey were rounded up in the Semporna and Tambunan areas in a two-day operation on March 11 and 12 mounted by the Counter-Terrorism Division, Special Branch and the VAT 69 Commando Unit, he said in a statement.
“Four of them are suspected to have been involved in the Maute terrorist group siege of Marawi City, Philippines, in 2017. They are also suspected to have given protection to Maute terrorist elements and several Middle Eastern nationals believed to be hiding in Sabah,” he said. Mohamad Fuzi said these two suspects had fled to the southern Philippines after the defeat of the RSF but, in November last year, they sneaked into Semporna to revive the RSF activities in Sabah.
“The five others are suspected to have given shelter to ASG and Maute terrorist elements who are still free,” he said.
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