KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Malaysians and Indonesians who joined the Islamic State (IS) in Syria are unlikely to make South-east Asian their new destination following the global terror network’s bombardment in the Levant, a US counter-terrorism official said. However, the US Department of State’s...
Sunday, 24 Nov 2019 01:00 PM MYTMembers of The Royal Malaysian Police take part in a demonstration showing a mock terrorist attack during the 211th National Day celebration at Pulapol in Kuala Lumpur March 25, 2018. — Picture by Azneal Ishak
“We know that ISIS core, the remnants of ISIS in Syria, have been encouraging their fighters to leave and fight again, to take the fight to other regions. He said the US government has been in talks with the Philippine government to boost joint efforts in border security to block access by air or by sea by militants to the region.
He said measures being taken to address these terror threats include the boosting of the region’s crisis response teams’ capability to provide real-time response to terrorist incidents, as well as to ensure that terrorists are prosecuted. He highlighted the link between terror groups and transnational organised crime activity when saying that front companies are also the targets of the financial blacklist.
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