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[Malaysia] PM Najib Razak: Indian-Muslims In Country Are Bumipiteras

The government will consider a request from the Indian-Muslim community in Malaysia to be recognised as Bumiputera, Prime Minister Najib Razak said tonight.

He said Bumiputera status could be applied to the group either “administratively or by gazette”.

“I have listened to the requests made (by the community) and I accept that Indian-Muslims are Bumiputera.

“The question now is how to implement this; we will study this further to see whether it should be done administratively or, as the Indian-Muslim community have requested, by gazette. However, you are considered Bumiputera,” Najib told members of Indian-Muslim NGOs at a Hari Raya and family day celebration in Seri Kembangan tonight.

The term “Bumiputera” means “son of the soil” and is used to refer to the Muslims and indigenous peoples of Malaysia. Bumiputera currently form 68.8% of the country’s population.

Federation of Malaysian Indian-Muslims president Dhajudeen Shahul Hameed tonight thanked the government for acknowledging the community as Bumiputera and requested that their status be made official through a circular.

“Even though we are acknowledged as Bumiputera, we still face a lot of bureaucracy and misinterpretation. Therefore, we hope Datuk Seri Najib Razak will issue a circular to state that Indian-Muslims are indeed Bumiputera,” Dhajudeen said in his speech at the event attended by about 20,000 people.

Source: www.themalaysianinsight.com

July 19, 2017
Malaysia’s Defence Minister Plans To Send Humanitarian Aid To Marawi

Malaysia’s Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said he is in discussions with his Philippine counterpart to send humanitarian aid to conflict-hit Marawi.

“We want to make sure Islamic State (IS) doesn’t have a foothold in the region, whether it’s in Marawi or anywhere in ASEAN,” he said. “The winning of hearts and minds also require human touch, and that’s why we are in discussions with secretary Delfin on sending humanitarian relief to help those fleeing Marawi because we don’t want them to turn to militancy because they are angry.”

Hishammuddin was speaking to local media after officiating Malaysia’s military trading co-op facilities at the Subang Airforce Base on Thursday (Jul 6).

The defence minister, who last month witnessed the launch of trilateral maritime patrols in the Sulu Sea with the Philippine and Indonesian armed forces, said he hoped to launch joint air patrols soon from Subang military airport outside Kuala Lumpur.

While details are being ironed out, he reiterated that the armed conflicts in Marawi concerned the entire region, in particular the presence of foreign fighters there.

He added that Malaysia had stepped up its military presence in the east coast of Sabah to prevent these fighters from slipping into the country.

“Foreign fighters in Marawi is my biggest concern, as you know there were not just Malaysians who were shot dead in Marawi,” he said. “With Islamic State fighters fleeing former IS-controlled areas like Aleppo, Mosul and Raqqa, we do not know where they are fleeing to next.”

Hishammuddin said he will be visiting Saudi Arabia to tighten efforts in fighting IS militancy through the sharing of assets and intelligence .

He will be meeting the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to discuss the setting up of the King Salman Regional Centre of Peace to counter narratives to win the war against IS.

Source: CNA

July 7, 2017
Son Of Fallen RMAF Pilot Wants To Be A Fighter Jet Pilot Just Like His Father

My father had promised me that he will take us shopping for Hari Raya.

Eleven-year-old Mikhail Adam Riaz said his father, Major Yazmi Mohamed Yusof, one of the two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) pilots who was killed today (15 Jun) in a Hawk 108 fighter jet crash, had informed him that he will be taking Mikhail and his five siblings to buy new clothes for Raya.

The boy said he last saw his father earlier this morning (15 Jun), when they had their sahur together.

“We went to bed and later woke up for Subuh prayers. My father led the prayer as usual which is a normal routine when he is back in Kuantan,” said Mikhail.

Yazmi is based at the Federal Territory of Labuan air base.

“I only got the news about the incident when we received a phone call at about 1pm,” he said when met at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) forensics department today (15 Jun).

Mikhail said he hoped to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a fighter jet pilot and all his late father’s advice will be a motivation for him to achieve his ambition.

“My father has given me a lot of advice and guidance. I hope take on a similar job as him,” he said, adding his father has been in Kuantan for about a week to undergo training.

Meanwhile, Sultan of Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah paid his last respect to Yazmi and Major Mohd Hasri Zahari at the hospital today night.

Earlier, the Regent of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and his consort Tengku Puan Pahang, Tunku Azizah Maimunah Iskandariah also visited the late pilot’s family members at HTAA.

Hasri, 31, and Yazmi, 39, were found dead at Chukai, Terengganu, with their parachutes intact by an RMAF search and rescue (SAR) team at 2.30pm today, after their fighter jet went missing off Chukai, Terengganu, at about 1pm.

Yazmi leaves behind his wife, Noor Shafora Izwa Mohd Hilmi and six children – Mikhail, Mukriz Anwar Riaz, 10, Muaz Addin Riaz, 7, Mika Adden Riaz and Mika Ayman Riaz, both four, and Musa Akhtar Riaz, three.

Hasri leaves behind wife and a seven-month-old daughter.

Source: https://www.nst.com.my

June 16, 2017
Malaysia Tidak Berhasrat Bawa Pulang Ketua Militan ISIS Asia Tenggara, Muhammad Wanndy

Malaysia tidak berhasrat untuk membawa pulang jenazah ketua militan ISIS Asia Tenggara Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi yang disahkan terbunuh di Syria.

Demikian menurut Timbalan Perdana Menteri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Bagaimanapun, beliau berkata keluarga Muhammad Wanndy boleh berbuat demikian dengan perlu berbincang dan berurusan dengan pihak berkuasa di Syria.

“Kerajaan Malaysia dimaklumkan oleh pihak risikan antarabangsa berkenaan kematian Muhammad Wanndy dalam satu serangan dron.

“Kerajaan Malaysia tidak ada perancangan untuk membawa pulang jenazahnya. Pihak keluarga (Muhammad Wanndy) boleh berbincang dengan pihak berkuasa di sana (Syria) (untuk membawa pulang jenazah),” katanya.

Encik Ahmad Zahid yang juga Menteri Dalam Negeri Malaysia dan kini dalam rangka lawatan kerja tiga hari di Australia bermula Ahad lalu, berkata demikian kepada wartawan Malaysia hari ini ketika ditanya tentang warga Malaysia itu yang dilaporkan terbunuh dalam satu serangan di Raqqa, Syria pada 29 April lalu.

Ketua Polis Negara Khalid Abu Bakar mengesahkan perkara itu di laman rasmi Twitter semalam selepas membuat penelitian terhadap maklumat yang diperoleh.

Pada 29 April lalu, berita kematian Muhammad Wanndy viral di laman sosial selepas isterinya Nor Mahmudah Ahmad, 28 tahun, memuat naik status dalam laman Facebook memaklumkan suaminya itu meninggal dunia dalam satu serangan dron.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg/

May 10, 2017
Experts Not Convinced Malaysian IS Terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Is Dead

KUALA LUMPUR: Security officials, reacting to a Facebook post by the wife of notorious Islamic State (IS) terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi that he is dead, doubt its accuracy.

“This is probably a ruse by Muhammad Wanndy to escape from those on his heels,” said a source.

The source said Muhammad Wanndy, 27, had probably staged his own death to “emerge as a new person” and avoid detection.

“He is really desperate and will try anything,’’ the source added.

News of Muhammad Wanndy’s alleged death on Saturday was triggered by a Facebook post by Nor Mahmudah Ahmad, 28, that day.

She said Muhammad Wanndy could have been killed in Syria in a drone strike.

Stating that she accepted her husband’s fate, she vowed to carry on with his struggle in Syria.

“My Mujahid, finally it is your time to go. I will remain here and carry on with the work you started. I accept this as fate,” Nor Mahmudah wrote in her latest posting.

(A mujahid is one engaged in a jihad, especially as a guerrilla warrior.)

Muhammad Wanndy, who is from Durian Tunggal in Malacca, left for Syria in 2014 with Nor Mahmudah.

Known as a top IS recruiter, he is on the United States’ most wanted list for his involvement in funding and providing operational support for the terror group.

In an exclusive report in The Star on Wednesday, intelligence sources were quoted as having said that Muhammad Wanndy had lost the faith of IS militants as he had failed to carry out attacks in Malaysia as planned.

The report stated that Muhammad Wanndy had “limited time” to try and convince his Syrian leaders of his ability to conduct terror attacks.

One source had said that he had until the end of the year to prove himself, or risk having his status as the IS’ Malaysian leader stripped.

Sources said yesterday that several Malaysian and Indonesian militants were unhappy with Muhammad Wanndy as he had used up sympathisers’ donations.

“Fellow IS fighters in Raqqa are looking for him. He has been on the run for about two weeks,” said a source.

Other militants also took to social media to post pictures of the car that Muhammad Wanndy allegedly was in when the drone attack happened.

“Even the wordings in his wife’s post sounds more like Muhammad Wanndy’s writing,” said a source.

The source added that Muhammad Wanndy was the mastermind behind many failed IS attacks in Malaysia “and he is not a fighter in Syria”.

“It was long suspected that he used funds donated towards the IS cause to settle his family expenses in Syria and other debts.

“He cleverly used the IS platform for his own gain. His cover has been blown open,” said the source.

It is believed that Muhammad Wanndy, also known as Abu Hamzah Al-Fateh, had accumulated RM100,000 in donations from sympathisers.

“He used some of it to fund attacks in Malaysia but most was for his own use.

“It can be said that he enjoyed life in Syria while others did the fighting for him,” another source said.

Bukit Aman Special Branch director Comm Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said they were trying to find out whether Muhammad Wanndy was in fact dead.

“We are checking. We want to know quickly,’’ he added.

Comm Mohamad Fuzi had said earlier that the Counter Terrorism Division was working closely with the United States to hunt down Muhammad Wanndy, who has been on Bukit Aman’s wanted list for the past two years.

Source: www.thestar.com.my

May 2, 2017